Coal in Focus — China’s 2027–28 US Coal Commitment

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The United States says China will import at least 10 million tonnes of US coal in each of 2027 and 2028. China has included coal in a reciprocal tariff-reduction framework, with implementation dependent on domestic processes in both countries.

A second commodity joins the US–China trade programme. On 25 September the White House announced that China would import at least 10 million tonnes of US coal in each of 2027 and 2028, and on 28 September China’s Ministry of Commerce included coal in its reciprocal tariff-reduction framework, with implementation to follow both countries’ domestic ...