Commercial dispute: “If we get something for it” – Trump is open to “deals” over tariffs | EUROtoday

US President Donald Trump indicators willingness to barter with different nations within the commerce dispute. He was open to negotiating “deals” with different nations, Trump mentioned on Friday on the president of the presidential plane Air Force One in entrance of journalists. First, nonetheless, the so -called reciprocal tariffs could be introduced on April 2. In addition, he’ll quickly current tariffs which are concentrating on the pharmaceutical trade.

Trump mentioned that nations like Great Britain had approached the United States to avert the mutual tariffs. “You want to negotiate a deal. This is possible if we can get something for the deal,” mentioned Trump. “Yes, I’m definitely open to something like that. We can do something if we get something for it.” When requested whether or not such offers may come about earlier than April 2, Trump mentioned: “No, probably later. It is a process.”

In the approaching week, extra US tariffs will come into drive on automotive imports. In addition, reciprocal tariffs are meant for different product teams, i.e. counter -tariffs, with which the variations to surcharges are to be compensated for, that are collected by different nations for imports from the USA.

The govt Federal Finance Minister Jörg Kukies (SPD) had come collectively for negotiations in Washington on Friday in Washington along with his US colleague Scott Bessent and different representatives of the US administration. In dialog with Reuters, Kukies then warned the United States about an escalation of the commerce battle with Europe. “Higher tariffs hit the German carmakers and the entire German economy particularly hard. They also harm the US economy because they will make imports more expensive and prices for consumers in the USA will increase,” mentioned Kukies.

The EU will proceed to work on measures to guard the home economic system. “But it is also clear that there is only losers in a trade conflict. We therefore have to stay with the USA and are looking for solutions together to avoid escalation.”

On his two -day journey, Kukies additionally met the Republican Senator from Tennessee, Bill Hagerty, in addition to the leaders of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. According to the Ministry of Finance, the dialog with Bessent was primarily involved with the main target of financial and monetary coverage in Germany and the USA, the subject of competitiveness and bilateral cooperation.