Hong Kong’s postal service says it will no longer accept US-bound goods in response to US ‘bullying’.United States President Donald Trump believes China must make the first move to resolve trade tensions between their countries, the White House has said, as his administration turns its attention towards possible tariffs on critical minerals.
In a statement delivered hours before Trump ordered a national security review of imports of rare earths and other minerals on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt quoted the US president as saying that “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,” Leavitt told a media briefing in remarks that she said came directly from Trump.
“There’s no difference between China and any other country except that they are much larger. And China wants what we have – every country wants what we have – the American consumer. Or to put it another way, they need our money,” Leavitt said, adding that Trump had made it “quite clear” that he is open to a trade deal with China.
In his executive order, Trump directed US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to launch a national security probe under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, which his administration has previously used to scrutinise imports of copper, lumbe …
