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China and the United States have agreed to lower tariffs on goods from each other’s countries for 90 days, offering a temporary reprieve in a trade war that threatens to cause a global recession and deepen a widening rift between the world’s two largest economies.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Monday, after weekend talks in Geneva with a Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier He Lifeng, that U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods would be reduced to 30 percent from 145 percent.

Beijing said it would cut its blanket tariffs on American products to 10 percent from 125 percent. Both reductions will take effect Wednesday.