When asked about whether he is open to reaching agreements with the countries to which he has imposed tariffs, Trump said: “Well, It depends, if someone says that it will give us something phenomenalas long as they give us something good, for example, with Tiktok. We have a situation in which China will probably say: we approve the agreement, but What will you do with tariffs?”, He explained.
“Tariffs give us great power of negotiation. They have always done it. I used them very well in the first administration. Now we are taking it to a completely new level, ”he said.
Trump clarified that He is not having concrete conversations about the matter with Beijing, who has imposed a assessment 54%. “No, I’m just using that (Tiktok) as an example,” he said.
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However, asked by the press, Trump He also said he is “very close” to reach a Agreement to ensure Tiktok’s future In the country, since the application faces on April 5 to the limit set by Washington to disconnect in US territory of its Chinese matrix, Bytedonce.
“We are very close to an agreement with a group of very competent people,” he said.
Trump explained that Tiktok It has “multiple” interested investors, but did not give names. Specifically, the race to take the famous application is led by Amazon, Oracle or the founder of Onlyfans, according to United States media.
The previous Congress, under the mandate of former president Joe Biden (2021-2025), approved a Law that forced the application to find an investor From a country that was not considered an “adversary” before January 20, when Trump took possession.
Not reaching any agreement, the application stopped working for a few hours in USA, Until the Republican, on his first day back to the White House, signed an executive order that granted an extension of 75 days.
On April 2, on a day he baptized as Liberation DayTrump imposed a tax of 10 % to 184 countries and territories, including the European Union (EU). In the case of China, he announced taxes of 34 %, which are added to 20 %already in force, so the total figure amounts to 54 %.