US not ready to sign trade deal with China

The United States is not ready to make a trade deal with China. These were the latest statements by US President Donald Trump during his official visit to Japan, which dispelled doubts about the end of the trade war. between the two powers.

"I think that they would probably like to have reached the agreement that they had on the table before trying to renegotiate it," said the president at a press conference. with the Japanese leader Shinzo Abe. "They want to make an agreement, we are not ready to do it."

Trump said that tariffs on Chinese products "could increase very, very substantially and very easily". These comments were made after the blocking of talks between the two countries at the beginning of the month. Every country is blamed and Trump has threatened to charge billions of dollars more.

The president said companies are moving from China to other countries without tariffs, such as the United States and its Asian neighbors, including Japan. However, he also expressed optimism that the two largest economies in the world could reach an agreement.

"I absolutely think that at some point, China and the United States will have a big problem, and we are looking for it," said Trump, "because I do not think China continues to pay hundreds of billions dollars of tariffs, can do that. "