ADVERTISEMENTThe two sides will meet at the Paris headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, a source familiar with their planning said. China is not a member of the club of 38 mostly wealthy democracies and considers itself a developing country. "U.S. priorities will likely be about agricultural purchases by China and greater access to Chinese rare earths in the short term" at the Paris talks, said William Chou, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank. The ruling effectively reduced Trump's tariffs on Chinese goods by 20 percentage points, but he immediately imposed a 10 per cent global tariff under another trade law. "Whether the upcoming talks can achieve progress will largely depend on the U.S. side.

Source: The Telegraph March 15, 2026 06:32 UTC