FILE PHOTO: The Chinese and U.S. national flags are seen before the start of a Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) conference with the UN Security Council’s five permanent members (P5) China, France, Russia, Britain, and U.S., in Beijing, China, January 30, 2019. REUTERS\/Thomas Peter\/Pool<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n (Reuters) – The United States Trade Representative\u2019s office (USTR) has released language to delay a scheduled hike in tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, due to be published in the Federal Register next week. <\/p>\n The notice is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register next Tuesday, a USTR spokeswoman said. In it, the agency said it is \u201cno longer appropriate\u201d to raise the rates because of progress in negotiations since December 2018. <\/p>\n A tariff increase to 25 percent from 10 percent was initially scheduled for Jan. 1, but after productive conversations with President Xi Jinping, the Trump administration issued a 90-day extension of that deadline. <\/p>\n Citing progress in talks with Chinese negotiators, Trump on Sunday said he would again delay the increase. <\/p>\n \u201cThe rate of additional duty for the products covered by the September 2018 action will remain at 10 percent until further notice,\u201d the notice said. <\/p>\n Reporting by Chris Prentice; editing by Grant McCool<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n