US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is open to concluding deals with countries that want to avoid imposing American customs duties, but these agreements will have to be negotiated after the announcement of the counter -tariffs on April 2.
Speaking to reporters on the presidential plane, Trump also said that he will soon announce customs duties targeting the pharmaceutical sector, but he refrained from mentioning details about the date of this or the percentage of fees that he intends to impose.
Trump added that countries, including Britain, have communicated with the United States to try to conclude deals and avoid counter -tariffs.
“They want to conclude deals. This is possible if we can get something in return. Yes, I am sure to do so. If we can do something we get something in exchange for that.”
When asked if such deals could be concluded before April 2, Trump replied, “No, maybe at a later time. It is a continuous process.”
Trump said on Wednesday that the United States will impose customs duties by 25% on car imports, and directed a threat to the European Union and Canada to impose wider customs duties than before, if the two agreed to cause economic harm in the United States.
Spain called for a reconsideration of the new customs duties announced by Trump on auto imports, and Germany criticized these fees, while India offered customs duties to imports of agricultural products from America.
As for China, it said yesterday, Thursday, that “there is no winner in a commercial war”, and that the growth and prosperity of any country is not achieved by imposing customs duties.
Last Wednesday, Trump has also expressed custom by customs settlements with China in exchange for its approval to sell the activities of the Tek Tok platform in the United States.
On Thursday, China rejected Trump’s proposal on the “Tech Talk” deal, and Foreign Ministry spokesman Gua Jia Kun “said regarding the issue of Tek Tok, the Chinese side has repeatedly confirmed its position, and the Chinese side’s position rejected additional and clear customs duties.
