Just hours before a tariff spike that could have reshaped global trade an unexpected U-turn.

Trump has extended the U.S.-China trade truce for another 90 days.

On Monday this week, August 11th, Trump signed an executive order, delaying higher tariffs on Chinese goods for another 90 days,

pushing the new deadline to November 10, 2025.

The move prevented U.S. tariff rates from jumping from around 30 to 50% to as high as 145%, which is where they kind

of fell during the peak of the reciprocal tariff rage.

And similarly, on the Chinese side, retaliatory tariffs could have soared to around

125%. Instead, they're going to stay down around 10%.

I mean, this is obviously good news for I, everyone involved in the world of e-commerce,

especially if you're sourcing from China.

Based on how I've been following this story over the past four to six months, I wasn't

really expecting a strong deal to come to fruition this week just based on how quiet it has been over the past

seven to ten days. I feel like if we were going to see a trade deal come out, there would be more

buzz or even leaks around the topic. But again, it's been mostly quiet up until Monday of this

week when, again, Donald Trump decided to push it back another 90

days to give everyone more time to think about it. And with the new deadline being around the

beginning of November, November 10th, I would be very surprised to see any sort of deal done by

then either. I would think that, you know, the United States and even China are going to want to push until after Q4 to really get a deal on the table.

So, I mean, my prediction would be probably around maybe late January, February of next year that we would actually see some real movement.

I just, I can't imagine during the heat of

Q4 something dramatically changing. So if you are a brand owner listening to this episode,

likely you're getting ready to receive your end of year inventory. I just wanted to take a few

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