“Additionally, all talks with China concerning their requested meetings with us will be terminated! Negotiations with other countries, which have also requested meetings, will begin taking place immediately,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Meanwhile, heads of the US’s largest banks met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thursday to discuss Trump’s sweeping tariff plans a day after they were announced, according to a source familiar with the meeting.

Chief Exrcutive Officer (CEO) from the nation’s largest banks met with Lutnick in Washington as part of a meeting hosted by the Financial Services Forum, an industry lobbying group.

Lutnick discussed the administration’s strategy toward tariffs and CEOs asked questions, the source said.

--Reuters--