China Announces Fresh Import Tariff Cuts Amid Brewing Trade War

China Announces Fresh Import Tariff Cuts Amid Brewing Trade War
Shipping containers at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China on Sept. 8, 2018. Stringer/Reuters
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BEIJING—China on Sept. 26 unveiled plans to cut tariffs for products including machinery, electrical equipment and textile products beginning on Nov. 1, as the country braces for an escalating trade war with the United States.

The cuts on over fifteen hundred industrial products are expected to lower costs for consumers and companies by about 60 billion yuan this year, the state cabinet said in a meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, according to the state radio.