# US President Donald Trump has signaled that he could lower tariffs on Chinese imports, as the rival superpowers prepare for trade talks over the weekend. He wrote on his Truth Social platform that 80-percent seems right. This would bring them down from 145-percent, with cumulative duties on some goods reaching a staggering 245-percent. He added that it was up to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who will confer with China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng this weekend in Geneva, to try to cool the conflict roiling international markets.
Trump signals 80% might be where tariffs on China could be