Trump referred to the commercial negotiations during the briefing on board Air Force One on the way back from Florida. When asked if he is considering extending the regulation suspending the implementation of higher duties announced in April, He replied that “he doesn't think about it.”
– I will write letters to many countries, (…) We will not even allow some countries to trade with us. But in most cases we will simply determine the number [poziom ceł], We will write them a nice letter, probably on one side or a month and a half. And it will be basically: “Congratulations, it will be an honor to let you do business in the United States of America,” said Trump.
He suggested that one of the countries that would receive such a letter will be Japan, which, according to Trump, is unfairly progressing with the US, allegedly without accepting American rice and cars.
– We haven't sold them any car for 10 years, they don't take any cars, but they sell them to us. So we'll tell them: sorry, you can't do that Trump said. He announced that duties on goods from Japan could amount to 30-35 percent, which is more from 24 percent. announced on April 2 during the “Day of Liberation”.
Trump's words contradict what he said last week. He claimed that is willing to extend the expiry of July 9 the deadline needed to conclude trade agreements with negotiating countries in good faithalthough he also claimed that it would not be necessary.
Donald Trump hits the head of the Fed again
During a conversation with journalists, Trump once again criticized the president of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell for not lowering interest rates at the last meeting of the FED committee. Unlike previous statements, when he assessed that Powell was stupid, this time he called Powell a “moron”. He also said he had 2-3 candidates to replace him. He also said about himself that he had “nice high IQ”.
On Tuesday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Takeshi Iway came to Washington, who met with the Secretary of State of the USA Marco Rubio and his counterparts from India and Australia as part of the meeting of the so -called ministers Quadu. In addition to security matters in the Indo-Pacific region, talks also concerned economic cooperation, including on becoming independent of critical minerals from China.
