Trump declines to pause trade tariffs


Trade policies: (From left) Netanyahu meets with Trump, vice-president JD Vance and State Secretary Marco Rubio at the White House in Washington. Netanyahu says Israel could serve as a model for other countries on how to approach the trade dispute. — AP

WASHINGTON: US president Donald Trump says he isn’t considering a pause on his plan to implement sweeping additional tariffs on dozens of countries despite outreach from trading partners eager to avoid the levies, while still signalling he could be open to some negotiations.

“We’re not looking at that,” Trump said on Monday while meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office.

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