The White House ruled out unilateral reduction of duties on Chinese goods

The United States does not intend to unilaterally reduce tariffs on China. This was announced on April 23 by White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt.

"There will be no unilateral reduction of tariffs against China. The President [of the United States Donald Trump] has made it clear: China needs to make a deal with the United States of America," she said in an interview with Fox News channel, which is recorded on the news page of the White House press service on the social network X (former. Twitter).

The spokeswoman noted that Washington is optimistic about a possible agreement with Beijing. According to Leavitt, the American side demands from China, first of all, a reduction in its own tariffs on products from the United States, as well as the lifting of non-monetary trade restrictions.

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Earlier, on April 9, US President Donald Trump 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.

At the same time, Trump said that the United States could conclude trade agreements with all countries, including China and the European Union (EU), but only on fair terms for Washington.