Trump says China tariffs will drop 'substantially - but it won't be zero'

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.
59% : Trump acknowledged the increase in the stock market in comments to reporters after the ceremonial swearing-in of Paul Atkins as the Securities and Exchange Commission chair on Tuesday.
58% : "We're going to live together very happily and ideally work together," Trump said.
42% : Trump placed import taxes of 145% on China, which has countered with 125% tariffs on US goods.
41% : "We're doing fine with China," Trump said.
38% : However, Trump avoided confirming if he, too, thought the situation with China was unsustainable, as Bessent had said behind closed doors.
34% : "It won't be that high, not going to be that high," Trump said.
29% : But Trump has shown no public indications that he plans to pullback 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 US.
28% : Trump has placed tariffs on several dozen countries, causing the stock market to stumble and interest rates to increase on US debt as investors worry about slower economic growth and higher inflationary pressures.
19% : Trump later said he wanted Powell to "be early" in lowering rates and that he has no intention of firing the Fed chair, despite previously suggesting that he would.

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