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The Guardian - UK
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Helen Davidson and agencies

REVEALED: Trump says china tariffs will drop substantially but it won t be zero | Rare Historical Photos

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Trump at the White House on Tuesday. Photograph: Bonnie Cash/EPA

Donald Trump said during a White House news conference that high tariffs on goods from China will “come down substantially, but it won’t be zero”.

Trump’s remarks were in response to earlier comments on Tuesday by treasury secretary Scott Bessent, who said that the high tariffs were unsustainable and that he expects a “de-escalation” in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

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