Trump rejects China’s request for a tariff pause as a prerequisite for trade talks
By Seth McLaughlin and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times - Sunday, May 4, 2025
President Trump says he will not drop the tariffs he has imposed on China to jump-start trade negotiations.
The Chinese Commerce Ministry said late last week that if the Trump administration is serious about trade talks, it will cancel the 145% tariff slapped on Chinese imports.
Asked whether he would meet the request, Mr. Trump said “no” in an interview recorded Friday with NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
“Why would I do that?” Mr. Trump said.
Mr. Trump said China was “getting killed” by the tariffs and suggested that Beijing would be forced to negotiate a more U.S.-friendly trade deal.
“They want to do business very much,” he said. “Their economy is really doing badly. Their economy is collapsing.”
The markets celebrated last week after the Chinese Commerce Ministry signaled that it would be willing to cut a trade deal with the United States. It urged the Trump administration to put a hold on the tariffs to “demonstrate sincerity.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said the tariff impasse between the world’s largest economies is unsustainable. He is confident that Mr. Trump will have the upper hand in the trade war because Beijing relies heavily on shipping cheap goods to the United States.
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