WASHINGTON (October 28, 2025)- Negotiators have reached a trade deal to avoid additional 100 percent tariffs that the U.S. had threatened to impose on imports from China. The announcement marks a de-escalation of an ongoing trade war between the world’s two largest economies since threats were made to raise tariffs earlier this month after China put restrictions on minerals.
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International Affairs
Gordon Gray is the Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. Professor Gray was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from 2005 until 2008; his responsibilities included the promotion of U.S. interests in the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa, and oversight of the bureau’s Regional Affairs office. His other foreign assignments included Egypt (where he served as Deputy Chief of Mission from 2002 until 2005), Canada, Jordan, Pakistan, and Morocco, where he began his career as a Peace Corps volunteer. He twice received the Presidential Meritorious Service award.
Trade and Tariffs
Rodney Lake, teaching instructor and director of the GW Investment Institute. He is a subject-matter expert on the stock market, equity investing, and the broader forces shaping capital markets, including interest rates, employment data, tariffs, global trade policy, and the latest trends in technology and AI affecting publicly traded companies. Professor Lake can speak to the potential economic and market impact of the tariff expiration.
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