China's pauses now run to January 10, 2027, and the US exclusions to January 9 or 10, giving exporters and shippers on US-China routes dates to plan around.
China’s Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council said on Monday, November 9, that it will keep suspending its additional 24% tariff on U.S. goods for another two months from 1:01 p.m. Beijing time on November 10, while the 10% additional tariff stays in place. The commission’s notice, Announcement No. 6 of 2026, is posted on the Ministry of Finance (MOF) site, and Xinhua reported the decision the same day. The notice says it implements the outcomes of the Washington meeting between the two heads of state.
On the U.S. side, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced on November 6 that it extended Section 301 tariff exclusions for 178 categories of Chinese goods by two months, through January 9, 2027, Caixin Global reported. The exclusions were due to expire on November 9. The USTR notice itself was not available, and Global Times gives January 10 as the new date.
The two moves keep a trade truce alive without cutting tariffs. The sources tie the package to the metals and technology supply chain only indirectly, through the export-control pauses described below, and none of them links the 178 exclusions to AI.
The commission warns that it may adjust its countermeasures
The commission also issued a warning, according to Xinhua and Reuters. The tariffs the United States imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) have been ruled invalid, and Washington has repeatedly stated that it intends to replace them with Section 301 tariffs. Beijing’s Customs Tariff Commission said it will watch U.S. plans to replace tariffs ruled invalid with Section 301 tariffs, and adjust its countermeasures as appropriate. Xinhua said the commission described the continued partial suspension as supporting a relatively stable and predictable policy environment for businesses in both countries.
The tariff notice is one part of a larger set of pauses. Reuters reported that China extended to January 10, 2027, the suspension of special port fees on U.S.-linked ships and its export-control waivers for certain critical minerals and related technologies, and that sanctions on five U.S.-linked units of Hanwha Ocean stay suspended for two more months. Global Times, a state-run newspaper published under People’s Daily, added that export-control measures on 16 U.S. entities and restrictions on 11 entities on the unreliable entity list are suspended for two months from Tuesday, citing the Ministry of Commerce. The Seoul Economic Daily listed the delayed mineral and materials controls: synthetic diamonds and other superhard materials, rare-earth equipment and raw materials, heavy rare-earth metals and alloys, lithium and synthetic graphite used in batteries, and rare-earth technologies, all delayed to January 10.
Washington’s side covers exclusions, port fees and the 14 solar tools
The 178 exclusions are not new. A Federal Register notice of December 1, 2025, shows they consist of 164 exclusions extended in May 2024 and 14 exclusions for certain solar manufacturing equipment granted in September 2024. Of the comments USTR received in 2025, 147 exclusions drew support for extension, with supporters saying the products remain available only in limited quantities outside China. That notice gives November 9, 2026 in its annexes and November 10, 2026 in its determination section, so a one-day mismatch between sources has a precedent.
Port fees follow a similar path. USTR proposed in an October 26 Federal Register notice to extend its suspension of the port fees on maritime transport services, and of related duties, from November 10, 2026 through 11:59 p.m. Eastern on January 9, 2027. Comments closed October 30 under docket USTR-2026-0694. Caixin says port fees and additional tariffs on Chinese-made ship-to-shore cranes were suspended through January 9 as well.
The talks continue in parallel. USTR’s readout of a November 6 call says U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, joined by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, stressed to Vice Premier He Lifeng that China must take concrete steps to fully implement past commitments, with agricultural purchases, rare earths and other critical minerals as priorities. Global Times said China voiced serious concerns about recent U.S. restrictions on the same call. The Bureau of Industry and Security separately extended its pause on the Affiliates Rule to January 10, per EastFrontier’s report.
Early January is the next cliff, with APEC first
Reuters said Xi and Trump are expected to meet at the APEC leaders’ summit in China next week, their third meeting this year, and that the two sides proposed a package of reciprocal tariff cuts after the September Washington summit that has not been finalized. Global Times quoted Cheng Dawei of Renmin University of China saying the steps provide "an anchor of stability for markets," and it reported that market analysts called the extension a temporary reprieve rather than a broad tariff easing.
For companies, the dates to track are January 9 for the U.S. exclusions and port-fee suspension and January 10 for China’s measures and the Affiliates Rule. Three developments would change the picture: USTR publishing the formal exclusion notice with its exact expiry, any Chinese adjustment to countermeasures once Washington moves to replace the IEEPA tariffs with Section 301 duties, and an outcome from the Xi-Trump meeting that turns the proposed tariff-cut package into a signed agreement.