China pledged to buy more than US $ 200 billion worth of American goods in total. In return, the United States pledged not to impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods but would not immediately abolish the already imposed tariffs.

While the US has imposed additional tariffs on Chinese imports in the course of the US-China trade war, beneath the headlines, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has put in place a tariff exclusion process to exempt certain Chinese imports from additional tariffs.

This article, originally published on August 31, 2018, will be updated as the US-China trade dispute develops.