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US and China extend their trade truce to 10 January

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a two-month extension of the Busan agreement as Xi Jinping arrived in Washington.

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What happened

The United States and China have agreed to extend their trade truce until January, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said asia.nikkei.com. The extension runs from November 10 to January 10 businessinsider.com, a two-month addition to what both sides call the Busan agreement reuters.comfinance.yahoo.com. Bessent announced it on Wednesday evening, shortly after the Chinese delegation arrived politico.comjapantimes.co.jp.

The announcement followed several days of negotiation. Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer had been holding talks with their Chinese counterparts since Sunday to lay the groundwork nbcnews.com, and the two officials spoke to reporters after a meeting bloomberg.com. Asked whether a larger agreement was possible, Bessent said he does not know if a bigger deal can be done with China finance.yahoo.com.

Why it matters to investors

The extension defers tariff escalation rather than resolving it ft.com. Semafor noted that expectations for the meeting, the third in less than a year, are low given lingering disputes over trade and deep competition over artificial intelligence semafor.com.

Coverage on both sides of the Pacific framed the extension the same way. Nikkei Asia and NBC News both reported the truce running through January 10 on Bessent's word asia.nikkei.comnbcnews.com, and the Financial Times said the two countries had agreed to the extension until that date ft.com.

The choreography around the visit was unusual. President Trump welcomed Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday evening, the US military base 13 miles southeast of the White House in Maryland axios.com. Presidents typically receive visiting leaders at the White House, which made the airport welcome an unusual diplomatic gesture axios.com. Teams held the Chinese and American flags as Xi arrived washingtonpost.com. In February 2025, Trump had welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky at the West Wing entrance axios.com.

What to watch

The new deadline falls inside the next earnings cycle. Markets now have until January 10 before the tariff question returns ft.combloomberg.com, and the extension was announced without any indication that the underlying disputes have narrowed finance.yahoo.comsemafor.com.

Two threads run through the week. The first is whether the summit produces anything beyond the extension, given that Bessent would not commit to a bigger deal finance.yahoo.com. The second is the negotiating channel itself: Bessent and Greer have met their counterparts repeatedly in the run-up nbcnews.combloomberg.com, and the truce was sealed as Xi landed rather than at the summit table japantimes.co.jppolitico.com.

Sources

  1. asia.nikkei.com: US and China agree to extend trade truce until January: Bessent - Nikkei Asia (2026-09-24)
  2. japantimes.co.jp: U.S. unveils two-month truce extension as Trump and Xi begin summit - The Japan Times (2026-09-24)
  3. ft.com: US and China extend trade truce as Trump welcomes Xi for summit - Financial Times (2026-09-24)
  4. businessinsider.com: Scott Bessent Says US-China Trade Truce Will Run for Two More Months - Business Insider (2026-09-24)
  5. politico.com: Bessent says US, China trade truce extended by 2 months - POLITICO (2026-09-24)
  6. bloomberg.com: Bessent Says US, China Extend Their Trade Truce to Jan. 10 - Bloomberg.com (2026-09-24)
  7. nbcnews.com: U.S. and China agree to extend trade truce through Jan. 10, Bessent says - NBC News (2026-09-23)
  8. reuters.com: US, China agree to extend 'the Busan agreement' until January, Bessent says | Reuters (2026-09-24)
  9. semafor.com: Washington and Beijing extend trade truce despite simmering tensions (2026-09-24)
  10. washingtonpost.com: Trump gives Xi Jinping rare airport welcome as summit visit begins - The Washington Post (2026-09-24)
  11. axios.com: Trump greets Xi on tarmac in rare gesture (2026-09-23)
  12. finance.yahoo.com: Scott Bessent Says He 'Doesn't Know' If a Bigger Deal Can Be Done With China as Trade ... (2026-09-24)