US President Donald Trump stands alongside China's President Xi Jinping
US President Donald Trump stands alongside China's President Xi Jinping upon Xi's arrival at the South Portico of the White House, in Washington, DC, on September 25, 2026. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are hosting China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan for tea. Alex WROBLEWSKI/Getty Images

The White House on Sunday published the product lists behind the US–China "30-for-30" tariff arrangement. The US import list has 77 lines, among them microwave ovens, fish hooks, artificial flowers and household scales. China's import list has 1,619 lines for American goods, from poultry and dairy to noodles and eggs. Neither list carries a tariff rate or a start date.

The White House described the goods as products the two governments "will consider" for reduced tariffs, in line with their own laws and processes, so no tariff on either list has changed yet. Its Sept. 25 fact sheet put the value at US$30 billion in each direction. China's Commerce Ministry said the sides would now discuss a reciprocal framework, aiming to reach consensus, Al Jazeera reported.

Deborah Elms, head of trade policy at the Hinrich Foundation in Singapore, told Al Jazeera that both sides had largely listed goods that "do not move the needle on overall trade flows." She said some US consumer prices might dip but not enough to show up in inflation figures. She added that most of the many agricultural products on China's import list are not shipped to China in meaningful volumes.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the arrangement would improve market access for about 30 percent of US exports to China, according to Al Jazeera.

China's import list also includes seven coal tariff lines. Separately, the White House fact sheet said China will import at least 10 million metric tons of US coal in 2027 and again in 2028.

Two-way US–China trade totalled US$495 billion in 2025, down 25 percent from a year earlier, according to US Trade Representative figures cited by Al Jazeera. Trump and Xi are due to meet next at the APEC summit in Shenzhen in November.

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