Donald Trump duties. The status of US conversations with other countries

Leavitt cited during Tuesday's press briefing the number of received by USA offers as an example of the success of President Trump's approach to duties and the fact that matters are going in the right direction. At the same time, she suggested that despite the skepticism of administrative experts, trade agreements would be able to conclude before the expiry of the suspension of some duties – until July 9.

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A spokeswoman for the White House also gave journalists a message from President Trump about the fact that she “prepares land” for the conclusion of a contract with Chinaand expressed the hope that soon the power communicates and reduces the 145 and 125 percent. duties.

“We feel that all interested parties want an agreement, so the ball is going in the right direction,” she said.

Earlier, Bloomberg reported that the head of the Ministry of Finance Scott Bessent said at a closed conference organized by Bank JP Morgan, that he expected negotiations with China to be a “murder”.

At the same time, he was to assess that no one thinks that the current state of affairs and astronomical duties could be kept for a long time. He was also to say that the US intention is not “decoupling”, i.e. breaking economic connections with the PRC, although the current level of duties is a de facto embargo on products from China.

On 9 April, Trump suspended all the additional duties introduced to a number of countries around the world (except China) for 90 days, but the minimum 10 % minimum rate, as well as 25 %. The rates applied by the US on steel and aluminum and the car industry.

Recently, commercial tension between the US and China has increased significantly, which raised the mutual duties to record levels – Washington to 145 percent, and Beijing up to 125 percent.