WP has published Trump's demands for countries wishing to avoid duties

The administration of US President Donald Trump will put forward a number of demands in negotiations with countries that wish to avoid high import tariffs from the United States. This was reported by the Washington Post on April 14.

In particular, according to the newspaper, Washington's possible requests relate to the purchase of natural gas from American firms, reduction of tariffs on exports from the United States and taxes for Silicon Valley technology giants. In addition, one of the conditions will be the countries' promise to prevent China from using other countries to supply its products to the United States.

According to the newspaper's sources involved in the negotiations, a clearer picture is already emerging of what these deals might look like.

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Earlier in the day, it became known that negotiations between the United States and Japan on import duties would be held in Washington on April 17. It is specified that the Japanese Minister of Economic Recovery, Ryosei Akazawa, plans to express his opinion on the need for the United States to receive "large-scale investments from Japan" for the growth of the state's economy and the availability of jobs.

Due to the panic of citizens, on April 10, the US president postponed the introduction of mirror duties for 90 days for 75 countries. At the same time, American Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that almost 70 countries had contacted Washington with requests to negotiate tariffs.