Trump open to tariff talks but warns of locking some countries out of US market
- President Trump met with Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House on Monday to discuss trade and other issues.
- Trump's sweeping tariffs on imports, unleashed the prior week, prompted the meeting and global economic concerns.
- Netanyahu pledged to eliminate Israel's trade deficit with the U.S., addressing the new 17% tariff on Israeli goods.
- Trump stated, "We're going to get fair deals with every country," but did not commit to easing tariffs on Israel.
- Trump's administration signaled a willingness to negotiate trade deals, but he also warned countries might be locked out of the U.S. Market.
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Israel vows to ax trade deficit in bid to lift US tariffs
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday at the White House that Israel will erase its trade deficit with the United States, but it was not enough to immediately earn a reprieve from the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump announced last week. Seated next to Trump in the Oval Office, Netanyahu said his government intends to eliminate the deficit “very quickly. We think it’s the right thing to do. And we’re also going to eli…
Netanyahu claudicates to Trump but fails to avoid the punishment of tariffs
Israel offered Donald Trump a concrete example this Monday to illustrate to the international community what the U.S. president expects—and demands—from his partners if they want a reduction in their universal tariffs.Benjamin Netanyahu fell into praise for his host, whom he called a "great champion of the bilateral alliance." "We're going to eliminate the trade deficit with the U.S., it's the right thing, and so are all barriers to trade," he s…
Trump receives Netanyahu in full tariff chaos and places the EU: "We pay them the defense and punish us with trade"
This Monday is the second visit of the head of the Israeli government to the White House, after having been the first international leader to meet Donald Trump after his inauguration last January, and thus becomes the first international leader to talk to Trump about tariffs in personTrump insists that "it would be a good thing" for the US to control the Gaza StripTrump claims that the latest Russian bombings on Ukraine "are a horrible thing"Tru…
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