Donald Trump's bold claim comes as his tit-for-tat trade war continues with China - who warned the US President to 'stop whining' about being a victim after 'taking a free ride on the globalisation tr

China on Thursday said that if the United States continues to play the "tariff numbers game", it will pay no attention to it, reported Reuters. China's foreign ministry made the comment in response to the White House's statement that China faces tariffs of up to 245% due to its retaliatory action.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he expects to make a trade deal with China, though he offered no specifics or indications of how talks would get underway with the two superpowers at an apparent impasse.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he is in “no rush” to reach any trade deals because of the revenues his tariffs are generating, but he suggested while meeting with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni that it would be easy to find an agreement with the European Union and others.

US President Donald Trump claims he is 100 per cent confident America will reach a trade deal with the EU as he welcomed Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House today.