<p>Beijing: China on Wednesday paused some non-tariff measures taken against 17 US entities put on its unreliable entity list in April and 28 US entities on its export control list, the commerce ministry said.</p>.<p>China paused its April 4 unreliable entities list measure on 11 US entities for 90 days starting on Wednesday. It also paused a similar measure imposed on six US entities on April 9, but without specifying the duration of the pause.</p>.<p>The reason for the discrepancy was not mentioned in the statement. Foreign firms listed as unreliable entities are prohibited from engaging in import, export and investment in China.</p>.US-China deal to slash tariffs also eases burden on cheap packages.<p>For the 28 US entities put on China's export control list in two waves in April - 16 on April 4 and 12 on April 9 - the ministry is pausing its restrictions for 90 days.</p>.<p>Exporters will need to file an application with the commerce ministry if they want to export dual-use items to these 28 entities, a ministry statement said.</p>.<p>The announcements came after China lowered tariffs on most US goods to 10 per cent from 125 per cent for three months following an agreement reached with Washington to de-escalate trade tensions.</p>
<p>Beijing: China on Wednesday paused some non-tariff measures taken against 17 US entities put on its unreliable entity list in April and 28 US entities on its export control list, the commerce ministry said.</p>.<p>China paused its April 4 unreliable entities list measure on 11 US entities for 90 days starting on Wednesday. It also paused a similar measure imposed on six US entities on April 9, but without specifying the duration of the pause.</p>.<p>The reason for the discrepancy was not mentioned in the statement. Foreign firms listed as unreliable entities are prohibited from engaging in import, export and investment in China.</p>.US-China deal to slash tariffs also eases burden on cheap packages.<p>For the 28 US entities put on China's export control list in two waves in April - 16 on April 4 and 12 on April 9 - the ministry is pausing its restrictions for 90 days.</p>.<p>Exporters will need to file an application with the commerce ministry if they want to export dual-use items to these 28 entities, a ministry statement said.</p>.<p>The announcements came after China lowered tariffs on most US goods to 10 per cent from 125 per cent for three months following an agreement reached with Washington to de-escalate trade tensions.</p>