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WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — The White House connected Wednesday is expecting last offers from its commercialized partners arsenic President Donald Trump's intermission connected reciprocal tariffs is acceptable to expire successful the coming weeks.
The bureau of the U.S. Trade Representative sent a "friendly reminder" to countries Tuesday urging them to taxable their "best offers," successful a awesome that the medication is preparing to resume planetary tariffs archetypal imposed connected alleged “Liberation Day,” past paused for 90 days soon afterward.
"This missive was simply to punctual these countries that the deadline is approaching and the president expects bully deals, and we are connected way for that," said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Trump: China 'hard to make a deal with'
Trump weighed in connected U.S.-China commercialized talks connected societal media aboriginal Wednesday morning.
"I similar President Xi of China, ever have, and ever will, but helium is precise tough, and highly hard to marque a woody with," helium wrote.
The White House said a telephone betwixt Trump and Xi is expected sometime this week, though nary hard day has been set.
EU-US commercialized talks vigor up successful Paris
Meanwhile, the European Union, which says it did not person the administration's letter, is acceptable to conscionable with U.S. commercialized representatives Wednesday successful Paris.
The EU has warned it whitethorn velocity up its retaliatory measures if Trump follows done with his tariff threats.
US doubles steel, aluminum tariffs
Trump announced astatine a rally successful Pennsylvania past period that the U.S. would treble tariffs connected alloy and aluminum, expanding them from 25% to 50%, starting today.
The determination was met with cheers from steelworkers but has immoderate acrophobic that manufacturers volition walk higher costs connected to consumers.
Experts estimation cars could outgo up to $4,000 much owed to pricier steel, and aluminum cans for soda, brew and canned nutrient whitethorn besides go much expensive.
The White House has defended the determination and said the tariffs are crucial to nationalist security and the U.S. economy.
