Donald Trump anticipates finalizing a trade agreement with China soon. He is also confident about reaching a trade deal with the European Union. Many countries are interested in negotiating trade agreements with the US.

Donald Trump claimed America is “taking in billions and billions of dollars” as a result of global trade tariffs. The US president said nothing he heard during a White House meeting with Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday (17 April),

The administration is implementing major shifts in economic policy, and trade is now at the center of it,” Powell said. “These changes are likely to push us further away from our goals.” He explained that the tariffs announced by Trump turned out to be significantly higher than expected — and the economic fallout will likely be just as steep,