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   MODIFYING RECIPROCAL TARIFF RATES TO REFLECT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 
 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
                      STATES (H. DOC. NO. 119-54)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committees on Foreign 
Affairs and Ways and Means and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Consistent with applicable law, including the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) the National Emergencies 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended (19 U.S.C. 2483), and section 301 of title 3, United States 
Code, I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order on 
Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Discussions with the 
People's Republic of China.
  In Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025 (Regulating Imports With a 
Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large 
and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits), I declared a 
national emergency arising from conditions reflected in large and 
persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits, and imposed additional ad 
valorem duties that I deemed necessary and appropriate to deal with 
that unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or 
substantial part outside the United States, to the national security 
and economy of the United States. Section 4(b) of Executive Order 14257 
provided that ``[s]hould any trading partner retaliate against the 
United States in response to this action through import duties on U.S. 
exports or other measures, I may further modify the [Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States] to increase or expand in scope the 
duties imposed under this order to ensure the efficacy of this 
action.''
  Since I signed Executive Order 14266 of April 9, 2025 (Modifying 
Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and 
Alignment), the United States has entered into discussions with the 
People's Republic of China (PRC) to address the lack of trade 
reciprocity in our economic relationship and our resulting national and 
economic security concerns. Conducting these discussions is a 
significant step by the PRC toward remedying non-reciprocal trade 
arrangements and addressing the concerns of the United States relating 
to economic and national security matters.
  As a result of this significant step, pursuant to section 4(c) of 
Executive Order 14257, this order modifies the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States to suspend for a period of 90 days 
application of the additional ad valorem duties imposed on the PRC 
listed in Annex I to Executive Order 14257, as amended by Executive 
Order 14259 of April 8, 2025 (Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and 
Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports From the People's 
Republic of China), and Executive Order 14266, and clarified in the 
Presidential Memorandum of April 11, 2025 (Clarification of Exceptions 
Under Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025, as Amended), and to 
instead impose on articles of the PRC an additional ad valorem rate of 
duty as set forth in the order, pursuant to the terms of, and except as 
otherwise provided in, Executive Order 14257, as modified by this 
order.
  My Administration will continue to consult with the Congress on our 
efforts to address extraordinary and persistent annual U.S. goods trade 
deficits.
  I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, May 19, 2025.

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