The EU has paused retaliatory tariffs on American goods for 90 days.
It follows Donald Trump's decision to postpone the implementation of tariffs on goods from most countries around the world for the same period.
However the EU's taxes were in response to steel and aluminium tariffs which are still in place.
China - which is facing an increased 125% tax on American imports - says it's open to dialogue, without "pressure, threats and blackmail".
EU Commission Spokesperson Olof Gill, says Europe wants to allow space for negotiation:
"We have postponed what we had planned for next week.
"What happened yesterday was that member states gave us a mandate to go forward with it.
"That doesn't mean it has automatically happened.
"They've simply given us a mandate to do it.
"So our intention was to publish the legal act that would allow the tariffs to kick in next week."
