The deal involves both nations cancelling some tariffs altogether and suspending others for 90 days, by 14 May. The result is that US tariffs on Chinese imports will fall to from 145% to 30%, while Chinese tariffs on some US imports will fall from 125% to 10%.

By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI (Reuters) -German healthcare and materials group Merck KGaA has dropped a surcharge on life sciences sector orders within China following the U.S.-China agreement to pause sky-high tariffs on each other,