Trump and Xi are set to meet. Where do US-China tariffs stand?

President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week, marking the first U.S. presidential visit to China in nearly a decade [1]. The summit tests a fragile trade truce between the world's two largest economies [1]. Executives from major U.S. firms like Boeing, Citigroup, and Qualcomm are expected to accompany Trump, potentially to broker deals with Chinese companies [1]. The meeting follows a tit-for-tat trade war that saw tariffs between the nations top 100% before being paused after the leaders' last face-to-face meeting in South Korea in October [1]. In April 2025, Trump imposed sweeping global import taxes, a major effect of which was the escalation with China [1]. The conflict has roots in 2018, when Trump announced tariffs on $250bn of Chinese imports [1]. The Trump administration is expected to push Beijing to increase purchases from vital U.S. industries like soybeans and aircraft parts [1]. The visit comes as Trump deals with a legal setback after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his 'Liberation Day' tariffs, leading him to impose a temporary 10% levy on all countries while launching new trade investigations [1].