Bilateral trade discussions remain centered on incremental implementation of the 2025 truce framework and the May 2026 understandings reached after the Trump-Xi summit, including the establishment of U.S.-China Boards of Trade and Investment for targeted reciprocal tariff adjustments on roughly $30 billion in goods per side. No senior-level meetings or public breakthroughs have occurred in recent weeks that would advance a broad new agreement before the August 31 deadline, with working-level channels focused on non-sensitive items, agricultural purchases, and critical minerals amid persistent differences over scope, enforcement, and sequencing. Traders' near-certain assessment that no comprehensive tariff accord will be finalized reflects these procedural realities and the extended review timeline tied to November 2026. A last-minute announcement from executive-level channels or an unexpected concession package could still shift probabilities, though both remain low-probability events given current timelines.
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This market will resolve to "Yes" if an official agreement over tariffs, defined as a publicly announced mutual agreement, is reached between the United States and China between market creation and August 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.
If such an agreement is officially reached before the resolution date, this market will resolve to "Yes", regardless of if/when the agreement goes into effect.
Informal and unilateral announcements which do not constitute a finalized agreement will not count.
The publicly announced lowering of tariffs by both China and the U.S. will qualify as a mutual agreement over trade and/or tariffs if confirmed as part of a mutual agreement by an overwhelming consensus of credible reporting, even if a formal agreement isn’t mutually announced.
Agreements that include the United States and China as parties, even if they also involve other countries will qualify for resolution.
The primary resolution source for this market will be an official announcement by the United States and the People's Republic of China, however an overwhelming consensus of credible reporting confirming an agreement has been reached will also qualify.Bilateral trade discussions remain centered on incremental implementation of the 2025 truce framework and the May 2026 understandings reached after the Trump-Xi summit, including the establishment of U.S.-China Boards of Trade and Investment for targeted reciprocal tariff adjustments on roughly $30 billion in goods per side. No senior-level meetings or public breakthroughs have occurred in recent weeks that would advance a broad new agreement before the August 31 deadline, with working-level channels focused on non-sensitive items, agricultural purchases, and critical minerals amid persistent differences over scope, enforcement, and sequencing. Traders' near-certain assessment that no comprehensive tariff accord will be finalized reflects these procedural realities and the extended review timeline tied to November 2026. A last-minute announcement from executive-level channels or an unexpected concession package could still shift probabilities, though both remain low-probability events given current timelines.
This market will resolve to "Yes" if an official agreement over tariffs, defined as a publicly announced mutual agreement, is reached between the United States and China between market creation and August 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.
If such an agreement is officially reached before the resolution date, this market will resolve to "Yes", regardless of if/when the agreement goes into effect.
Informal and unilateral announcements which do not constitute a finalized agreement will not count.
The publicly announced lowering of tariffs by both China and the U.S. will qualify as a mutual agreement over trade and/or tariffs if confirmed as part of a mutual agreement by an overwhelming consensus of credible reporting, even if a formal agreement isn’t mutually announced.
Agreements that include the United States and China as parties, even if they also involve other countries will qualify for resolution.
The primary resolution source for this market will be an official announcement by the United States and the People's Republic of China, however an overwhelming consensus of credible reporting confirming an agreement has been reached will also qualify.
If such an agreement is officially reached before the resolution date, this market will resolve to "Yes", regardless of if/when the agreement goes into effect.
Informal and unilateral announcements which do not constitute a finalized agreement will not count.
The publicly announced lowering of tariffs by both China and the U.S. will qualify as a mutual agreement over trade and/or tariffs if confirmed as part of a mutual agreement by an overwhelming consensus of credible reporting, even if a formal agreement isn’t mutually announced.
Agreements that include the United States and China as parties, even if they also involve other countries will qualify for resolution.
The primary resolution source for this market will be an official announcement by the United States and the People's Republic of China, however an overwhelming consensus of credible reporting confirming an agreement has been reached will also qualify.
Market Opened: Jul 31, 2026, 4:15 PM ET
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0x65070BE91...This market will resolve to "Yes" if an official agreement over tariffs, defined as a publicly announced mutual agreement, is reached between the United States and China between market creation and August 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.
If such an agreement is officially reached before the resolution date, this market will resolve to "Yes", regardless of if/when the agreement goes into effect.
Informal and unilateral announcements which do not constitute a finalized agreement will not count.
The publicly announced lowering of tariffs by both China and the U.S. will qualify as a mutual agreement over trade and/or tariffs if confirmed as part of a mutual agreement by an overwhelming consensus of credible reporting, even if a formal agreement isn’t mutually announced.
Agreements that include the United States and China as parties, even if they also involve other countries will qualify for resolution.
The primary resolution source for this market will be an official announcement by the United States and the People's Republic of China, however an overwhelming consensus of credible reporting confirming an agreement has been reached will also qualify.Bilateral trade discussions remain centered on incremental implementation of the 2025 truce framework and the May 2026 understandings reached after the Trump-Xi summit, including the establishment of U.S.-China Boards of Trade and Investment for targeted reciprocal tariff adjustments on roughly $30 billion in goods per side. No senior-level meetings or public breakthroughs have occurred in recent weeks that would advance a broad new agreement before the August 31 deadline, with working-level channels focused on non-sensitive items, agricultural purchases, and critical minerals amid persistent differences over scope, enforcement, and sequencing. Traders' near-certain assessment that no comprehensive tariff accord will be finalized reflects these procedural realities and the extended review timeline tied to November 2026. A last-minute announcement from executive-level channels or an unexpected concession package could still shift probabilities, though both remain low-probability events given current timelines.
This market will resolve to "Yes" if an official agreement over tariffs, defined as a publicly announced mutual agreement, is reached between the United States and China between market creation and August 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.
If such an agreement is officially reached before the resolution date, this market will resolve to "Yes", regardless of if/when the agreement goes into effect.
Informal and unilateral announcements which do not constitute a finalized agreement will not count.
The publicly announced lowering of tariffs by both China and the U.S. will qualify as a mutual agreement over trade and/or tariffs if confirmed as part of a mutual agreement by an overwhelming consensus of credible reporting, even if a formal agreement isn’t mutually announced.
Agreements that include the United States and China as parties, even if they also involve other countries will qualify for resolution.
The primary resolution source for this market will be an official announcement by the United States and the People's Republic of China, however an overwhelming consensus of credible reporting confirming an agreement has been reached will also qualify.
If such an agreement is officially reached before the resolution date, this market will resolve to "Yes", regardless of if/when the agreement goes into effect.
Informal and unilateral announcements which do not constitute a finalized agreement will not count.
The publicly announced lowering of tariffs by both China and the U.S. will qualify as a mutual agreement over trade and/or tariffs if confirmed as part of a mutual agreement by an overwhelming consensus of credible reporting, even if a formal agreement isn’t mutually announced.
Agreements that include the United States and China as parties, even if they also involve other countries will qualify for resolution.
The primary resolution source for this market will be an official announcement by the United States and the People's Republic of China, however an overwhelming consensus of credible reporting confirming an agreement has been reached will also qualify.
Volume
$2,850End Date
Aug 31, 2026Market Opened
Jul 31, 2026, 4:15 PM ETResolver
0x65070BE91...Bilateral trade discussions remain centered on incremental implementation of the 2025 truce framework and the May 2026 understandings reached after the Trump-Xi summit, including the establishment of U.S.-China Boards of Trade and Investment for targeted reciprocal tariff adjustments on roughly $30 billion in goods per side. No senior-level meetings or public breakthroughs have occurred in recent weeks that would advance a broad new agreement before the August 31 deadline, with working-level channels focused on non-sensitive items, agricultural purchases, and critical minerals amid persistent differences over scope, enforcement, and sequencing. Traders' near-certain assessment that no comprehensive tariff accord will be finalized reflects these procedural realities and the extended review timeline tied to November 2026. A last-minute announcement from executive-level channels or an unexpected concession package could still shift probabilities, though both remain low-probability events given current timelines.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated
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