The U.S. just extended exclusions on a bundle of Section 301 tariffs — covering 164 industrial & medical product lines (think electric motors, pump parts, blood-pressure monitors, auto air compressors and printed circuit boards) plus 14 solar-manufacturing categories — in a move tied to the recent U.S.–China trade truce. The exclusions had been set to lapse at the end of November but were rolled forward as part of that agreement. 🔁🛠️📟.

What this actually does: it buys breathing room for manufacturers and hospitals that depend on those Chinese inputs, temporarily softening price shocks and supply-chain pain — but it’s a pause, not a rollback of tariff policy. The tariffs themselves remain in place as a tool to pressure supply-chain shifts and protect U.S. IP and industry. 🏭⚖️🔧.