The US president, Donald Trumpsaid Tuesday that the high tariffs imposed on Chinese imports eventually. “They will be reduced substantially”And he was optimistic about the possibility of reaching an agreement between the United States and China.
“We will be very friendly, they will also be, and we will see what happens“Trump told reporters at a press conference in the Oval Office referring to the Chinese government.
The American president said that he would substantially reduce the current 145% tariff that has implanted China. “It won’t be so high, it won’t be so high,” Trump said.
Agreement or pact
Besides, He urged Beijing to reach an agreement or, otherwise, he said he “agrees”.
Trump’s claims occurred shortly after the United States Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bettinghe affirmed in a speech on Tuesday that the current tariff conflict against China was unsustainable.
Besent expects a “bare”In the commercial war between the two largest economies in the world.
The Trump government hopes to close commercial agreements next month with most countries that imposed taxes, but the commercial war unleashed by its aggressive tariff policy focuses on a pulse with China.
Trump said last week to be talking to Chinese representatives to reach an agreement with Beijing in the coming weeks, but on the other side of that pulse, his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping It maintains the 125% tariffs to the US and has taken other measures, such as vetoing the Boeing aircraft deliveries.
The US Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnickwhich defended the tariff truce, has joined Besent to influence Trump’s decisions, which has climbed the tariff war following the hard line of his advisor Peter Navarro.
