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Donald Trump Proposes Significant Reduction in China Tariffs Amid Ongoing Trade Negotiations
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Trump's suggestion to reduce tariffs to 80% was made in a post on his social media account, Truth Social, where he referred to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and stated "80% Tariff on China seems right! Up to Scott B". The proposed cut has been seen as a potential easing of tensions ahead of a weekend meeting between top US officials and a high-level Chinese delegation in Switzerland.
If you say one thing and do another, or even attempt to continue to coerce and blackmail under the guise of talks, China will never agree, much less sacrifice its principled position of international fairness and justice to seek any agreement.
We do not want any kind of war with any country. But we have to face up to the reality. As you can see, people have full confidence in our capability to overcome all the difficulties … Ordinary people in the US already feel suffering from the tariff war.
When decisions on tariffs are made, they will come directly from the President. Anything else is just pure speculation.
We're going to see. Right now you can't get any higher. It's at 145% so we know it's coming down. I think we're going to have a very good relationship.
China would need to make concessions as well.
The president would like to work it out with China.... He would like to de-escalate the situation.
We are hearing China at 50% to 54% and other Asian countries at 25%.
It is quite clear that the Trump administration did not anticipate the severe economic consequences brought about by the tariff policy, nor did it expect such a strong response from China.
The U.S. side is actually more eager than China to ease the current trend.
Trump's tariffs
- Donald Trump Announces 90-Day Tariff Reduction with China
- US and China Reach New Agreement on Tariffs After Ongoing Trade Negotiations in Geneva
- EU Publishes List of US Products for Potential Tariffs
sources
- 1.The Guardian
- 2.The Times of India
- 3.CNA News
- 4.The Korea Herald
- 5.NPR
- 6.South China Morning Post
- 7.France 24
- 8.Le Monde
- 9.Al Jazeera
- 10.Agence France-Presse
- 11.Asian News International
- 12.Associated Press
perspectives
- 1.US under Donald Trump
- 2.Chinese Foreign Policy
- 3.US-China Relations
- 4.Immigration to the US
- 5.US Economy
- 6.Inflation
- 7.Trade Agreement
- 8.World Economy
- 9.US-India relations
- 10.Mexico under Claudia Sheinbaum
- 11.US-EU relations
- 12.United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
countries
organizations
- 1.Center for Strategic and International Studies
- 2.World Trade Organization
- 3.White House
- 4.China Europe International Business School
- 5.Intercontinental Hotel
- 6.Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
- 7.Shenzhen SE
- 8.Skydio Inc
- 9.Toys 'R' Us
- 10.Truth Social
- 11.US Treasury Department
- 12.AMP
persons
- 1.Scott Bessent
- 2.Donald Trump
- 3.He Lifeng
- 4.Jamieson Greer
- 5.Karoline Leavitt
- 6.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
- 7.Bill Reinsch
- 8.Howard Lutnick
- 9.Karin Keller-Sutter
- 10.Scott Kennedy
- 11.Xu Bin
- 12.Asim Munir