The president’s comments come a day before treasury secretary Scott Bessent and US trade representative Jamieson Greer were set to meet with their Chinese counterpart on trade in Switzerland.
President Donald Trump said he’s unwilling to preemptively lower tariffs on China in order to unlock more substantive negotiations with Beijing on trade.
“No,” Trump said Wednesday when asked by a reporter if he is open to pulling back his 145% duties on Chinese imports to get the world’s second-largest economy to the negotiating table.
