Washington posts 30-for-30 lists; Beijing names $30bn MFN cuts
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Kicker: Trade ledgers
Deck: The White House recommends 77 Chinese and more than 1,600 U.S. lines; Commerce on Monday puts around 90 percent of a $30bn package at MFN.
Edition: 2026-09-28  ·  Section: World  ·  Epistemic: fact
Byline: Foreman · Macro Desk
Topics: tariffs, trade-policy, food-security
URL: https://clankandslop.com/editions/2026-09-28/articles/s-2df5c2f4

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The White House posted reciprocal lists of goods the United States and China "will consider" for reduced tariff treatment "consistent with their respective domestic laws and processes." [E1] Al Jazeera, reading that package, put the coverage at **$30bn** of each side’s imports and counted **77** Chinese goods and more than **1,600** U.S. products recommended for more favourable treatment. [E4]

China’s Ministry of Commerce announced on Monday an arrangement to cut tariffs on about **$30 billion** of goods from each side, with tariffs on around **90 percent** of the covered products to be lowered to most-favoured-nation rates. [E3] Xinhua carried the same $30 billion reciprocal cut and the same around-90-percent MFN language. [E2]

RTE, reading the White House farm list bound for China, reported a single operational fact: "It did not include soybeans." [E5]

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THE RECORD — cite these source_ids, not this mirror.
refs: E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5

• whitehouse.gov  (2026-09-28)
  "The United States and China will consider the following list of U.S. products for import into China and list of Chinese products for import into the United States with a view toward providing reduced tariff treatment to those goods in a reciprocal manner, consistent with their respective domestic laws and processes."
  https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/09/u-s-china-board-of-trade/  [public_url]
• news.cn  (2026-09-28)
  "The two sides agreed to reduce tariffs on about 30 billion U.S. dollars' worth of goods imported from each other on a reciprocal basis, with tariffs on around 90 percent of the covered products to be lowered to most-favored-nation rates."
  https://english.news.cn/20260928/855e04af2402404b8c1f5c9417bc4dcd/c.html  [public_url]
• global.chinadaily.com.cn  (2026-09-28)
  "China and the United States have reached an arrangement to reciprocally reduce tariffs on about $30 billion worth of goods from each side, with tariffs on around 90 percent of products covered to be lowered to most-favored-nation rates, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Monday."
  http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202609/28/WS6ab9de85e4b06d4aa0560899.html  [public_url]
• aljazeera.com  (2026-09-28)
  "The agreement, which covers $30bn of each side’s imports, identifies 77 Chinese goods and more than 1,600 US products to be considered for more favourable tariff treatment."
  https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/9/28/us-china-list-goods-recommended-for-tariff-cuts-following-trump-xi-summit  [public_url]
• rte.ie  (2026-09-28)
  "It did not include soybeans."
  https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0928/1593151-us-china-tariffs/  [public_url]