U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. was meeting with many countries, including China, on trade deals, and his main priority with China was to secure a fair trade deal. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he had no plans to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week,

President Donald Trump said he is willing to lower tariffs on China at some point because the levies now are so high that the world’s two largest economies have essentially stopped doing business with each other.

President Donald Trump suggested he may reduce tariffs on Chinese goods in the future, acknowledging that current rates have brought trade between the U.S. and China to a near standstill. The steep tariffs -- some reaching 145% on imports from China -- have been met with reciprocal duties of up to 125% on American goods.