Trump Says He’s Willing to Lower China Tariffs at Some Point

The HMM Aquamarine container ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, on April 25.Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg

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By Kasia Klimasinska

May 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM UTC

Updated on

May 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM UTC

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President Donald Trump said he is willing to lower tariffs on China at some point because the levies now are so high that the world’s two largest economies have essentially stopped doing business with each other.