US and China hold first trade committee meeting

The United States and China held the first meeting of their new trade committee by video on November 13, discussing tariffs and agricultural trade, including a plan to lower tariffs on about $30 billion of each side's imports from the other.

Why it matters: The committee is the standing channel the two sides agreed to create for their trade disputes, and its first meeting, days before a bilateral summit on the margins of the November 18 to 19 APEC summit in China, puts a concrete tariff reduction figure on the table.

Data as of Yonhap News Agency dispatch of November 14, 2026, in Korean and read in full via the estate browser route, reporting China's Ministry of Commerce statement of November 14, 2026 and USTR's confirmation on social media. Developing item.

China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday that the United States and China held the first meeting of the trade committee under their economic and trade negotiation mechanism by video on November 13. The two sides exchanged views on implementing the outcomes of their trade negotiations and discussed tariffs, agricultural trade and other issues, including a plan to lower the tariffs applied to about $30 billion worth of each country’s imports from the other, the ministry said.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative confirmed on social media that USTR and the Treasury Department held the first official US-China Trade Committee meeting with their Chinese counterparts on November 13, and said the Trump administration looks forward to continuing consultations toward fair and balanced trade. The meeting comes ahead of a bilateral summit on the margins of the APEC summit in China on November 18 and 19.

US and China hold first trade committee meeting

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