He said it and Trump do it. The United States raises the duties to all China -imported customs duties from 12:01 AM. East Coast (04:01 GMT) on Wednesday, April 9, as a White House official said, imposing an additional 50% tax after Beijing did not find 34% on US products on US products announced in retaliation in Donald Trump’s decision last week.

Trump had given Beijing to lift the decision on pay duties by Tuesday noon.

White House spokesman Carolin Levit said that China’s retaliation was “wrong” and, in response, the US government would increase the overall percentage of duties in China to 104% from midnight.

Since the beginning of his term, Trump has already imposed a 20% duty on Chinese imports. Its initial intention was to increase the rate by 34% from Wednesday, but announced it would add an additional 50% due to Chinese retaliation.

Levit, repeating previous statements by Trump, said that “the Chinese want to make a deal. They just don’t know how to do it, “adding that” the president believes that China should make an agreement with the United States. ” If China approaches the US, he added, Trump would be “incredibly kind, but he will do the best for the American people”.

Levit also stressed that the government would prioritize its allies during negotiations on agreements aimed at reducing duties.

In particular, White House spokesman Caroline Levit said that the United States would only make trade agreements when they serve the interests of US workers and helping to reduce the country’s commercial deficits.

At the same time, he said that nearly 70 countries have already addressed Washington, calling for negotiations on new duties imposed by Washington.

The US president met on Tuesday morning with his team of trade in the White House, as spokesman Caroline Levit said. During the meeting, Trump told his advisers to proceed with “personalized trade agreements with every country communicating with the government”.

In particular, Levit said Trump asked his team to seek “unique” agreements based on the markets of each country, its exports and imports made to the United States. At the same time, he stressed that the duties would be implemented as the negotiations continue.

Donald Trump threatened China with an additional 50% duty on product imports to the US if he does not lift his 34% duty recipient.

China reacted on Sunday, following the Trump government’s decision last week to impose a 34% duty on Chinese imports, while also announcing the imposition of a key 10% tax on almost all of America’s commercial partners.

In a post on social media on Monday, Trump had given China to withdraw until Tuesday withdrawing the countermeasure so as not to impose an additional 50% duty.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce had earlier described Trump’s threat to increase duties as “wrong after the wrong”, stating that it would never succumb to US “blackmail”.