November 10, 2025

The US and China on Monday successively announced a one-year suspension of port fees on each other's vessels and a parallel halt to related investigations in the shipping and shipbuilding sectors, marking the latest step in implementing the consensus reached at the recent bilateral economic and trade talks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

These new measures follow the adjustments of multiple tariff and non-tariff measures by both sides announced on November 5, and China's suspension of some export controls to the US as agreed by both sides.

Chinese experts described these developments as "pragmatic steps" by both sides, helping to ease trade tensions, build mutual trust, and create more opportunities for further dialogue and progress in bilateral economic and trade relations, while urging the US to uphold its commitments through more proactive and concrete measures to ensure the agreement's lasting and substantive results.

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