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The Deadline of China to reach a trade agreement with the US can slide after the Trump government had “very positive” conversations with their counterparts from Beijing, said American trade representative Jamieson Greer on Sunday.
Greer said that China’s timeframe was for a deal “under discussion” when he was asked about the current deadline of 12 August during an appearance on CBS ‘Face the Nation’.
“So that’s what is being discussed at the moment,” he said. “I would say that our conversations with the Chinese have been very positive. We have had discussions at my level, at my level. President Xi and President Trump have had conversations.”
Rates for China, the largest trading partner in America, can go back to more than 80% if no deal is reached.
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The American trade representative Jamieson Greer attends a press conference at the Rosenbad government -Bad after the commercial conversations between the US and China in Stockholm, Sweden, July 29, 2025 have concluded. (Magnus Lejhall/TT News Agency/Via Reuters/Reuters photos)
“We are working on some technical problems and we talk to the president,” he said. “I think it’s going in a positive direction. I don’t go for the president, but I don’t think someone wants to see those rates go back to 84%.”
Greer said that the two governments agreed to certain obligations in Stockholm last week in two days of conversations, although he said he could not reveal the details about the details.
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“We are talking about it and I will not go into detail because they are confidential conversations between two governments, but they really concentrated on rare earth magnets and minerals,” he said.
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The US is looking for Free the flow of magnets From China and the adjacent Supply Chain, according to Greer.
“I would say we are about halfway,” he said.
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In April, Trump markets with a radical rate of 145% on Chinese import, which led to a immediate response from President Xi Jinping, who hit a rate of 125% on American goods. A temporary ceasefire of 90 days followed, which brought rates back to around 30% for Chinese goods that enter the US and 10% for American exports to China.
Morgan Phillips and Edward Lawrence from FOX Business have contributed to this report.
