商务部：中美双方经贸团队正在就协议签署等后续工作密切沟通

12月19日，商务部新闻发言人高峰表示，中美双方在平等和相互尊重的基础上就第一阶段经贸协议文本达成一致，美方将履行部分取消对华产品拟加征和已加征关税的相关承诺，双边经贸团队正在就协议签署等后续工作密切沟通。待协议正式签署后，第一阶段协议内容将对外公布。 

根据《国务院关税税则委员会关于试行开展对美加征关税商品排除工作的公告》，经国务院批准，国务院关税税则委员会也于19日公布了第一批对美加征关税商品第二次排除清单，对第一批对美加征关税商品，第二次排除部分商品，自2019年12月26日至2020年12月25日，不再加征我为反制美301措施所加征的关税，已加征关税不予退还。第一批对美加征关税的其余商品，暂不予排除。
下一步，国务院关税税则委员会将继续开展对美加征关税商品排除工作，适时公布第二批对美加征关税商品排除清单。

Both the Chinese and U.S. trade teams are in close communication over the signing of the phase one economic and trade deal, Gao Feng, spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce, told reporters at a regular briefing on Thursday.

"After the official signing of the deal, the content of the agreement will be made public," Gao said.

Earlier on Thursday, China released a list of second set of U.S. goods to be excluded from the first round of additional tariffs on U.S. products, mostly chemical products, including white mineral oil and food-grade microcrystalline wax.

According to the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council, the exemption will be effective from December 26 this year to December 25, 2020. 

Two lists of goods were excluded from China's first round of tariff countermeasures against the U.S. Section 301 measures. The first set of lists was unveiled in September.

Tariffs that have already been imposed will not be refunded. The remaining U.S. products subject to the first round of additional tariffs will not be excluded for the time being, said the statement.

The commission said it will continue to work on the exemption process, and release the exemption lists of U.S. goods subject to the second round of additional tariffs in due course. 

On December 13, China and the U.S. agreed on the text of a phase one economic and trade agreement, including intellectual property rights, technology transfer, food and agricultural products, financial services and so on. Both sides agreed to complete the necessary procedures and discuss the details for officially signing the agreement. Chinese Ministry of Commerce also said the phase two negotiations will depend on the implementation of the phase one agreement.

On December 15, China announced that it decided to suspend the planned additional tariffs of either 10 percent or 5 percent on some U.S. products. It will also continue the suspension of the additional tariffs on American-made vehicles and auto parts.

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