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President Donald Trump says that the tariffs for Chinese imports are finally reduced to the United States after both Beijing and Washington seemed to alleviate their positions on potential trade talks.

“At some point I will lower them because otherwise they could never do business with them,” he said in an interview with NBCS “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker”, which was taken on Friday. “You want to do very business … your economy breaks down.”

The weeks escalation between the two largest economies in the world drove the US tariffs for Chinese products to astonishing 145% and Chinese taxes for American goods to 125%. In the past two weeks, both sides seemed to moderate their rhetoric.

In the interview that was broadcast on Sunday, Trump admitted that the tariffs cost China and pointed out the factory closures and unemployment “through the roof”, but insisted that he would not take the first step.

“You don't drop the tariffs against China to bring them to the negotiating table?” Asked Welker.

“Why should I do that?” Trump replied.

On Friday, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said that the country “currently” assessed “proposals” to start trading talks, but that Trump first had to “cancel” his “one -sided tariff hikes”.

The US tariffs have already started to influence China's export-dependent economy. In April, the factory activity there has been showing its steepest contraction there for 16 months, while after official data in the depths of the Covid 19 pandemic, its lowest level had dropped since 2022.

On Sunday, Trump said reporters on board Air Force One that he had no plans to speak to the Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week. “But China and our people talk about different things,” he added.

Trump said he was looking for a “fair” trade agreement with China and repeats his claim that the country has been exploiting the United States for years in terms of trade.