Trump says US 'talking' to China on tariffs

US President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (R) look connected earlier Trump signed a proclamation expanding sportfishing rights successful the Pacific islands successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, DC, connected April 17, 2025.. Photo: Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP
Source: AFP

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States was successful talks with China connected tariffs, adding that helium was assured the world's largest economies could marque a woody to extremity a bitter commercialized war.

"Yeah, we're talking to China," Trump told reporters successful the Oval Office. "I would accidental they person reached retired a fig of times."

Trump confirmed that the talks had happened since helium upped tariffs connected China to a whopping 145 percent, aft Beijing retaliated to his sweeping "Liberation Day" worldwide levies.

But Trump was cagey erstwhile asked if helium had spoken straight with Chinese President Xi Jinping, contempt having dropped respective hints successful the past that helium has.

"I've ne'er said whether oregon not they've happened," helium said erstwhile asked astir talks with Xi. "It's conscionable not appropriate."

Pressed by reporters whether Xi had reached retired to him, Trump replied: "You'd deliberation it was beauteous evident that helium has, but we volition talk about that soon."

Trump's medication is locked successful a warfare of sky-high reciprocal tariffs with superpower rival China that has unnerved satellite markets.

"I deliberation we're going to marque a precise bully woody with China," helium said astatine the White House earlier arsenic Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited for talks aimed astatine ending US tariffs connected the European Union.

Source: AFP