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US and China unveil reciprocal tariff cuts covering $60 billion in trade

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 40 80 28 Sep 29 Sep 1 Oct 2 Oct 28 Sep 12:10 UTC · US and China outline tariff cuts covering $60 billion in trade 28 Sep 18:07 UTC · US and China identify $60 billion in goods for reciprocal tariff cuts 29 Sep 00:05 UTC · US and China propose tariff cuts on $60 billion in bilateral trade 29 Sep 06:12 UTC · US and China identify $60 billion in goods for reciprocal tariff reductions 29 Sep 12:04 UTC · U.S. and China unveil reciprocal tariff cuts on $60 billion in goods 1 Oct 16:24 UTC · US and China unveil reciprocal tariff cuts covering $60 billion in trade

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 6 HEADLINES

  1. 28 Sep, 12:10 UTC

    US and China outline tariff cuts covering $60 billion in trade

  2. 28 Sep, 18:07 UTC

    US and China identify $60 billion in goods for reciprocal tariff cuts

  3. 29 Sep, 00:05 UTC

    US and China propose tariff cuts on $60 billion in bilateral trade

  4. 29 Sep, 06:12 UTC

    US and China identify $60 billion in goods for reciprocal tariff reductions

  5. 29 Sep, 12:04 UTC

    U.S. and China unveil reciprocal tariff cuts on $60 billion in goods

  6. 1 Oct, 16:24 UTC

    US and China unveil reciprocal tariff cuts covering $60 billion in trade

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Donald Trump · 4 outlets

Entered the story later

  • $30 billion product lists · from 28 Sep 09:15, 6 outlets
  • $60 billion goods including · from 28 Sep 10:45, 3 outlets
  • $30 billion tariff cut · from 28 Sep 09:15, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • product lists: $30 billion (6 from 28 Sep 09:15) → $60 billion (1 from 28 Sep 17:30)
  • worth goods: $30 billion (4 from 26 Sep 18:30) → $60 billion (2 from 28 Sep 03:30)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.