The United States and China agreed to extend their tariff pause for another 90 days, preventing steep duty increases that were set to take effect just after the existing truce expired. The White House said the president signed an executive order to keep the current framework in place, and Beijing announced a parallel move through state media. The extension preserves the terms first reached in May, when the two sides pulled back from triple-digit tariffs and committed to keep talking. It also buys time for negotiators to work through specific trade frictions that remain unresolved.