President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will come to trade agreements “with everyone,” including China, after he announced a “90-day pause” on tariffs while increasing the tax on Chinese goods to 125%.
Trump announced the tariff “pause” in a post on Truth Social Wednesday afternoon, saying the move is due in part to numerous countries being willing to negotiate without retaliating with tariffs on U.S. goods. In a gaggle of reporters, the president stated that he was hopeful trade talks would be successful in the coming weeks.
“A deal is going to be made with China,” Trump said. “A deal is going to be made with every one of them, and there will be fair deals. I just want fair.”
.@POTUS: “A deal is going to be made with everyone and they will be fair deals… They weren’t fair to the United States. They were sucking us dry and you can’t do that… People took…
