Trump Says He Won't Reduce Tariffs on China to Start Negotiations

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Very simple," Trump said.
54% : Speaking about what comes next in negotiations between the United States and China, Trump said, "They said today they want to talk.
53% : Trump said his main priority for the U.S.-China relationship is securing a fair trade deal.
51% : Asked about the possibility of meetings with CCP officials or other foreign nations in producing any new trade agreements this week, Trump said that could "very well be" but didn't provide details.
49% : Trump promptly replied "No," saying that more recent signaling had been favorable about pending negotiations.
42% : NBC's "Meet the Press" anchor Kristin Welker referenced those remarks in an interview with Trump that aired Sunday, asking whether he would meet those demands.
41% : Shortly after Trump took office in January, the United States escalated retaliatory actions in the escalating trade war between the world's two largest economies, which started even before China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.
34% : Asked whether he would lower the rates, Trump suggested he plans to do so eventually but gave no hard timeline.
32% : Last week, the Chinese commerce ministry indicated that China is open to speaking to the United States but demanded a cancellation of the current tariffs, which Trump announced in order to force the difficult trade talks, as a prerequisite.
30% : " Later on May 4 aboard Air Force One, Trump told reporters that he wasn't planning to speak with CCP leader Xi Jinping this week but said that lower-level officials for both nations were meeting.
25% : " Trump said the United States, meanwhile, is gaining from the period of slowed trade, referencing the decades-long trade deficit between the United States and China.
23% : "Look, China -- and I don't like this, I'm not happy about this -- China's getting killed right now," Trump said.

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