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Trump said tariffs on China will 'come down substantially' but 'won't be zero'

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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -33% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

82% : Trump said the US was "going to be very good to China, have a great relationship with President Xi."
63% : " During a press conference in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump told reporters that "145% is very high, and it won't be that high." "It'll come down substantially, but it won't be zero," he added.
42% : Trump has used tariffs as a negotiation strategy.
40% : "Maybe I'll give them a little reduction in tariffs or something to get it done, you know, because every point in tariffs is worth more money than TikTok," Trump said in March.
37% : Trump imposed a 10% tariff on China in February.
28% : Last week, Trump said he may not raise tariffs on China further, even if China continues to do so, saying there's a point at which "people don't buy.
25% : Trump previously floated a tariff respite for China if Beijing agreed to cut a deal with the US on TikTok.
25% : " Representatives for Trump and the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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