Donald Trump is “100%” sure he will make a commercial agreement with the EU. He claims that a “very good” one will be concluded with China / “No one can compete with us”
Donald Trump received her at the White House Giorgia Meloni, the Prime Minister of Italy, Thursday, April 17, 2025. Credit: AA / Abaca / Abaca Press / Profimedia
President Donald Trump is declared “100%” sure that the US will reach an agreement with the EU before the expiration of the 90 days of breaks in the application of customs duties. At the same time, the American leader said he is confident that he will be made “a very good agreement with China,” CNN reports.
The president of the US and the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, made press statements in the work margin they had on Thursday at the White House, context in which they also addressed the situation of customs tariffs, a measure for the foreign policy of the current American leader.
“There will be a commercial agreement. 100%. Why do you think it will not exist? Of course there will be a commercial agreement,” Trump told reporters.
“They (the European Union, no) want very, very much to make one. We will make a commercial agreement. I am fully expecting it, but it will be a fair agreement,” added the US leader.
Donald Trump did not say if he intends to meet the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, but mentioned that he had “many” contacts with other countries, including Japan.
As the negotiations continue, the US president said that his administration “does not rush” to announce agreements with various countries, but that “at one point” announcements will come.
Donald Trump ordered a 90 -day break last night for the big rates he had unleashed on all the US -year -old trade partners a week ago, except for those introduced in China – in the case of 245% in the case of certain products.
What did he say about China
In the margin of the meeting with Giorgia Meloni, the US president told reporters that he is not afraid that the US allies could reorient to China.
“No one can compete with us,” Trump told the White House. “No one,” he emphasized.
The statement came in the context of the tournament made by Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia. In Vietnam, he urged the country's leaders to withstand the “unilateral bullying”.
Trump, who often stated that he has a good relationship with the President of China, was asked by reporters why he does not call Xi directly.
“We will make an agreement. We will have an agreement,” said the American leader. “I think you will see that we will make a very good agreement with China,” Donald Trump continued.
California has sued the US government because of the rates
California became Wednesday the first US state to sue the US government because of the tariffs, contesting Donald Trump's right to use the law of emergency powers to introduce such measures without approval of the US Congress.
California, the fifth largest economy in the world, risks losing billions of dollars due to customs duties, given that the major state industries, from Silicon Valley and to agriculture, depend on global trade, explained Politico.
“President Trump's illegal customs tariffs cause chaos on our families, business and economy in California – increasing prices and threatening jobs,” said governor Gavin Newsom. “We defend American families who cannot allow their chaos to continue,” the Democrat official added.
International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEPA) is a law that allows the regulation of financial transactions and foreign assets in emergency circumstances, but Donald Trump is the first US president to introduce customs tariffs. He defended his method by claiming that the commercial deficits that the US has with other countries represent a “national emergency”.
