Treasury: Trade war will 'de-escalate' | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : Despite his high tariffs, Trump said he would be "very nice" to China and not play hardball with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
49% : Leavitt said Trump believes the Fed is holding rates steady as it awaits the effects of tariffs "in the name of politics, rather in the name of what's right for the American economy.
43% : "We're going to live together very happily and ideally work together," Trump said as he suggested a deal with China was possible that could lead to lower tariff rates.
41% : "We're doing fine with China," Trump said.
40% : But Trump has shown no public indications that he plans to pull back his baseline 10% tariff, even as he has insisted he's looking for other nations to cut their own import taxes and remove any non-tariff barriers that the administration says have hindered exports from the U.S. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday that Trump told her "we're doing very well" regarding a "potential trade deal with China.
33% : Trump acknowledged the increase in the stock market in remarks to reporters Tuesday, but he avoided confirming if he, too, thought the situation with China was unsustainable as Bessent had said behind closed doors.
27% : Trump has placed tariffs on several dozen countries, causing the stock market to stumble and interest rates to increase on U.S. debt as investors worry about slower economic growth and higher inflationary pressures.
27% : Governments including those of Taiwan, Japan and South Korea have begun negotiations with Washington after Trump announced sweeping tariffs against almost all of America's trading partners on April 2.

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