Trump says “will have flexibility” of reciprocal rates

President Donald Trump Friday said there would be “flexibility” of his Reciprocal tariff A plan, even when he seemed to oppose the idea of ​​making exceptions to the upcoming obligations.

“People come to me and talk about tariffs and many people ask me if they could have exceptions,” Trump told reporters in the oval office.

“And after you do this for one, you have to do it for everyone,” he said.

Trump, a revered tariff fan, also insisted that he did not change his mind when he gave the best car manufacturers one -month release Of a previous round of import duties in early March.

“I don’t change. But the word flexibility is an important word,” he said. “Sometimes it’s flexibility. So there will be flexibility, but it’s actually reciprocal.”

Trump rejected the start date on April 2 for his reciprocal tariffs such as “The Day of Liberation of America”.

Trump and his officials say that the plan will effectively assign tariff rates to all countries that have their own rates for goods in the United States. Countries with other non -tariff commercial policies, to which the Trump administration is opposed, as value -added taxes, can also be subject to new obligations.

Trump also said on Friday that he plans to talk to the Chinese president XI JinpingS Beijing has already hit Tariffs for revenge on US agricultural products in response to Trump’s broad tariffs on Chinese imports.

Trump has made noise from tariff messages after the White House redirection, igniting the insecurity of investors and fears of a major trade war.