“The ball is in China’s court. China needs to make a deal with us. We don’t have to make a deal with them,“ said a statement from Trump read out by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt at a briefing.
Leavitt’s comments came after Trump accused China of going back on a major deal with US aviation giant Boeing -- following a Bloomberg news report that Beijing ordered airlines not to take further deliveries of the company’s jets.
“They just reneged on the big Boeing deal, saying that they will ‘not take possession’ of fully committed to aircraft,“ said Trump in a Truth Social post, referring to China.
Trump has slapped new tariffs on friend and foe since returning to the presidency this year, but has reserved his heaviest blows for China -- imposing additional 145 percent levies on many Chinese imports.
Asked about potential negotiations, von der Leyen said Europeans were “setting out our position clearly, and the Americans are doing the same.”
‘Zero respect’
The US president said China bought only “a portion of what they agreed to buy,“ charging that Beijing had “zero respect” for his predecessor Joe Biden’s administration.
His administration recently widened exemptions from these tariffs, excluding certain tech products like smartphones and laptops from the global 10 percent tariff and latest 125 percent levy on China.
Many Chinese imports still face the total 145 percent additional tariff, or at least an earlier 20 percent levy that Trump rolled out over China’s alleged role in the fentanyl supply chain.
China’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to AFP queries on the aircraft deliveries, and Boeing has declined to comment on the Bloomberg report.
Boeing shares closed 2.4 percent down on Tuesday.
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