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These reductions are part of a $60 billion reciprocal tariff reduction package agreed upon by both nations. However, soybeans, a significant US agricultural export, have been excluded from this list and will continue to be subject to an additional 10% tariff."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The tariff reductions were announced following a summit between the leaders of China and the United States. The Ministry of Commerce of China and the White House jointly released the list of products eligible for tariff cuts. More than 90% of the affected products will be subject to most-favoured-nation tariff rates rather than the additional tariffs previously imposed."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on timing of tariff reductions"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"CNN Brasil reported that the announcement did not specify when the tariff reductions would take effect. 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