Still, trade experts said they expect the China tariffs to increase prices paid by U.S. shoppers, since importers typically pass along a share of the cost of those higher taxes to consumers. The tariffs could hike prices for an array of goods, from curtains to saucepans to winter coats.

President Donald Trump is set to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on goods coming from Canada and 10% on goods from China starting Tuesday, in what he has said is a bid to clamp down on the flow of fentanyl and migrants into the U.S.