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Jamieson Greer: “In February, about 10 percentage points were knocked off the…”

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Jamieson Greer says China-U.S. Board of Trade will be "focused on trade in non-sensitive goods"

Published May 17, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:11

… the higher level that we had at the time of what we call the Busan deal in October, when President Xi and President Trump met following the Supreme Court case In February, about 10 percentage points were knocked off the tariff rate for China. We believe under our deal that we are able to elevate that. Again, the president is exploring different tools that he has. I don't want to prejudge a lot of the investigations that are happening. (05:11–05:17)

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