The President of the United States defends his tariff policy. He is “working very well,” he said, despite China has increased the duties on US products to 125%, in a commercial war between the two major world economies.
“We are going very well,” Trump said in a post on his social network Truth. «Very exciting for America and the world! He is proceeding quickly, “he wrote again. In the meantime, the White House has ensured that Trump remains “optimistic” about an agreement with China. The Karoline Leavitt spokesman added that “the president was very clear: when the United States are affected, he will respond with even more strength”.
Yesterday the Chinese president Xi Jinping has released his first statements On the question, stating – the media reported – that His country “is not afraid”. XI added that the European Union and China should “resist jointly with unilateral intimidation practices”.
“I always got along with XI. I think something positive with China will come out,” said Donald Trump Speaking of the duties on which he added “we are talking to many countries: we are in a good position”. The dollar will always be the reference currency then said Trump, stressing that “it was not the trend of the Treasury market that pushed him to a break on the duties”.
Always on duties, The president opens up to the possibility of offering exemptions to 10% dutiesbut insist that 10% is the basic threshold to try to negotiate a commercial agreement. “There may be a couple of exemptions for obvious reasons But I would say that 10% is the threshold, “Trump said without specifying what the” obvious reasons “could be for exemptions.
The Tycoon also intervened on relations with Iran. “I want Iran to be a happy country, but it cannot have nuclear weapons” he said.
The American president flew to Mar-A-Lago, where he will spend the weekend after taking his annual check-up at the Walter Reed hospital. “Overall I feel in excellent shape. I wanted to be a little different from biden. I did a cognitive test. I don’t know what to tell you, except that I gave all the right answers, “said Donald Trump. During the election campaign the president asked several times that Joe Biden underwent a cognitive test. The annual medical check-up went well he added: the relationship will be widespread on Sunday.