WASHINGTON -- U.S. companies are rushing to import merchandise from China within a 90-day window after the world's two largest economies agreed to temporarily reduce tariffs and begin discussions to ease trade tensions.
Early indications point upward for shipping rates between the countries

Employees work at a toy factory in China's Jiangsu province, left, while containers lie by the dock at Shanghai Port, right. American companies are scrambling to import merchandise from China within a 90-day window after the world's two biggest economies agreed to temporarily ease tariffs. (Source photos by Getty Images)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. companies are rushing to import merchandise from China within a 90-day window after the world's two largest economies agreed to temporarily reduce tariffs and begin discussions to ease trade tensions.