Trump declared his readiness to conclude fair trade agreements with China and the EU

The United States can conclude trade agreements with all countries, including China and the European Union (EU), but only on fair terms for Washington. This was announced on April 9 by the American leader Donald Trump.

This is how he answered a question from journalists about whether the United States is considering the possibility of mutually beneficial trade agreements with the EU.

"Yes, you can make a deal with everyone. The deal will be concluded with China. A deal will be concluded with each of them. I just want justice," the American leader said.

In addition, Trump said that he considers China to be the biggest violator after the decision to increase duties on goods from this country. According to him, China wants to conclude an agreement with the United States, but does not know how to implement it.

"But we have a strong attitude from other countries, including China. China wants to make a deal. They just don't know how to do it," he said.

Postscript: Trump's trade war threatens the world with recession

Increased tariffs for US partners will begin to take effect on April 9.

On April 2, Trump announced large-scale trade measures: base tariffs of 10% are being introduced for all products supplied to the United States. For the EU, this figure has been raised to 20%, and for China — to 34%.

Later, on April 9, the American leader announced that the United States would immediately raise trade duties on China to 125%. On the same day, the Chinese authorities, in turn, decided to raise duties on imported goods from the United States to 84% as a mirror measure.