On April 9, 2025, President Donald Trump announced a 125% additional reciprocal tariff rate for covered imports from China and a 90-day pause on higher country-specific reciprocal rates for certain other trading partners. The executive order made those changes effective for covered entries at 12:01 a.m. EDT on April 10—not at the moment of the announcement. The 125% was one tariff component, not a guaranteed total duty on every Chinese product.
What changed in the April 9 announcement?
Trump’s April 9 statement said the tariff charged to China would rise to 125% and that he had authorized a 90-day pause with a 10% reciprocal tariff for other countries that had approached the United States to negotiate and had not retaliated. He described both measures as “effective immediately.” The operative order, however, set the covered changes to take effect on April 10.
The White House order changed the relevant China tariff provision from 84% to 125%. It also suspended specified country-specific reciprocal rates for partners listed in Annex I of the earlier order for 90 days, from April 10 through 12:01 a.m. EDT on July 9, 2025. During that period, the additional reciprocal rate for those partners was 10%, subject to exceptions in the earlier order. The April 9 executive order describes the rates and schedule.
When did the changes apply?
Although Trump’s statement used “effective immediately,” U.S. Customs and Border Protection said covered goods from China—including Hong Kong and Macau—entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse on or after 12:01 a.m. ET on April 10 would receive the additional 125% rate under the specified tariff provision. CBP also said the country-specific rates effective April 9 were suspended. The entry date in the order and CBP guidance is the relevant date for understanding implementation, not the time of the social media statement. CBP’s cargo systems messages provided implementation guidance.
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Did the United States pause tariffs on all other countries?
No. The pause applied to specified higher country-specific reciprocal rates for Annex I partners, not every tariff on every other country. The listed partners were subject to the additional 10% reciprocal rate during the pause, with exceptions. Other tariff measures remained in force where applicable.
The policy followed an initial April 2 plan that set a 10% baseline tariff to take effect April 5 and higher individualized rates scheduled for April 9. The White House fact sheet described exceptions and said Canada and Mexico remained subject to separate existing IEEPA orders. The April 2 fact sheet outlines that original framework.
What did a 125% China tariff mean for an import?
The 125% figure was the additional reciprocal tariff component specified by the April 9 order. It was not necessarily the total tariff burden on a particular China-origin product. Other duties could apply as well; the White House later described the April 2025 125% and earlier 20% fentanyl-related duties as distinct components.
The amount owed on a shipment depended on its tariff classification, country of origin, entry date, applicable exceptions, and other tariff programs or later orders. A headline percentage alone cannot establish the duty due on a specific item.
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Why did the administration announce the reciprocal tariffs?
The administration said its April 2 action invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in response to what it characterized as a national emergency involving persistent U.S. goods trade deficits and non-reciprocal trade practices. That is the administration’s stated rationale, not an independently established finding about the causes of trade deficits.
The White House’s April 2 fact sheet reported that the U.S. goods trade deficit in 2024 exceeded $1.2 trillion. On April 9, the administration cited China’s announced 84% retaliatory tariff on U.S. goods, scheduled to take effect April 10, and said more than 75 other partners had approached the United States to discuss trade. The April 9 order gives the administration’s account of retaliation and negotiations.
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Are China tariffs still 125%?
The 125% rate was not the operative reciprocal rate throughout the period that followed. The Congressional Research Service timeline records a May 14, 2025 temporary reduction from 125% to 10%, initially for 90 days, followed by an extension to November 10, as well as later 2025 changes to country-specific rates. CRS’s tariff timeline tracks those developments. The White House’s May 2025 account said the additional tariffs imposed on April 8 and 9 were removed, while earlier duties and a 10% reciprocal rate remained during the temporary pause. The White House’s May account describes that arrangement.
Subsequent actions mean the April 2025 headline does not establish the rate applicable today. The USTR tariff-action archive lists further U.S.-China actions in August and November 2025, additional tariff actions in February 2026, and trade announcements and agreements involving China in May 2026. An Associated Press report in late September 2026 described a subsequent arrangement covering selected nonsensitive goods and a reported extension of the broader trade truce to January; the selected lists did not include strategic sectors such as chips, electric vehicles, and batteries. The AP report concerns those selected goods, not every import.
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As of October 5, 2026, the cited actions do not establish one consolidated rate for every product from China. Anyone making an import-cost decision needs to check the current official tariff schedules and assess the product’s HTSUS classification, origin, entry date, exclusions, and all applicable tariff programs.
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