President Trump said he will slap more tariffs on imports from China if it doesn't withdraw a retaliatory tariff on U.S. products.

The president said he would not quickly reverse last week’s steep tariffs, which have sparked pushback and roiled markets.

US President Donald Trump said that the European Union's offer to eliminate tariffs on industrial goods in trade with the US is insufficient. He also ruled out suspending tariffs, although he stated that "great progress" is being made in trade talks with various countries.

Mr. Trump said the United States would hold talks with Iran on Saturday in a last-ditch effort to rein in the country’s nuclear program, saying Tehran would be “in great danger” if it failed to reach an accord.

Iran insisted that any negotiations, due to take place in Oman, would be “indirect,” conducted through mediators.

By Steve Holland, Matt Spetalnick and Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement on Monday that the United States and Iran were poised to begin direct talks on Tehran's nuclear program,

Peter Navarro, a senior White House trade adviser, defended President Trump’s tariffs, but the Treasury secretary said the U.S. might be ready to negotiate.

Administration officials say more than 50 countries targeted by President Donald Trump’s new tariffs have reached out to begin negotiations

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House economic adviser Stephen Miran on Monday encouraged countries hoping to escape high reciprocal U.S. tariff rates to make offers to President Donald Trump, saying the president would welcome moves to lower barriers to U.

The higher rates are set to be collected beginning Wednesday, ushering in a new era of economic uncertainty with no clear end in sight.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said he didn't want global markets to fall, but also that he wasn't concerned about the massive sell-off either, adding, "sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something.

Top Trump administration officials are offering mixed messaging on the possibility of negotiating the president’s newly announced tariffs, framing the move as a necessary economic reset and downplaying severe market volatility and uncertainty.