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US having daily talks with China over tariffs: US Agriculture secretary

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Published Mon, Apr 28, 2025 · 06:57 AM
    • The HMM Aquamarine container ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, April 25, 2025. China said it will "fully prepare" emergency plans to ward against increasing external shocks, taking a patient approach in defending growth as a deepening trade war with Donald Trump piles pressure on the world's No. 2 economy.
    • The HMM Aquamarine container ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, April 25, 2025. China said it will "fully prepare" emergency plans to ward against increasing external shocks, taking a patient approach in defending growth as a deepening trade war with Donald Trump piles pressure on the world's No. 2 economy. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

    [WASHINGTON] The Trump administration is having daily conversations with China over tariffs, US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Sunday.

    Rollins said on CNN’s State of the Union that there were ongoing talks between the two nations and that trade deals with other nations were “very close.”

    “Every day we are in conversation with China, along with those other 99, 100 countries that have come to the table,” Rollins said. REUTERS

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