原文標題：Bessent warns tariff will return to ‘Liberation Day’ rates
if negotiations aren’t in good faith
原文連結：https://reurl.cc/lz4QvA
發布時間：2025-5-18
記者署名：Alex Gangitano
原文內容：
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday warned that the reciprocal tariffs
on trading partners could go back to the rate slapped on them on “Liberation
Day” last month if they don’t engage in good faith negotiations.
“I think that it would be the April 2nd level,” Bessent said on NBC’s “
Meet the Press with Kristen Welker” when asked if future rates would be
above 10 percent.
He added, “Some countries were at 10 percent, some were substantially
higher. And the negotiating leverage that President Trump is talking about
here is if you don’t want to negotiate then it will spring back to the April
2nd level.”
Welker asked Bessent about Trump’s recent comments that trading partners
should expect letters from administration officials outlining what the tariff
rate will be and if that signals that negotiations are over.
“This means that they’re not negotiating in good faith. They are going to
get a letter saying, ‘Here is the rate.’ So, I was expect that everyone
would come and negotiate in good faith,” the secretary said.
Trump paused the reciprocal tariffs on trading partners for 90 days a week
after “Liberation Day” amid pressure from Wall Street and Republicans
because of the turbulence in the stock market. When he initiated the pause,
Trump imposed a 10 percent tariff across-the-board on all foreign nations
other than China.
He had imposed a 145 percent tariff on China and last week lowered those
tariffs to 30 percent, de-escalation that ongoing trade war with Beijing.
The administration has been in talks with other officials since the 90-day
pause took effect and Bessent has been at the helm of those negotiations. The
administration struck a trade deal with the United Kingdom earlier this
month, which includes billions of dollars of increased market access for
American exports.
Despite the lower tariff rate on China, Walmart this week warned that they
will have to start raising prices on some items. Trump on Saturday called out
Walmart for making billions of dollars last year and told the company to not
charge customers anything extra.
財政部長史考特・貝森特週日表示，若貿易夥伴未展現誠意談判，美國將把關稅恢復至4
月2日「解放日」的水準，當時對中國課徵145%、其他國家最低也有10%。他在NBC節目中
強調：「這就是總統的談判籌碼——不談就恢復原來的高稅率。」
主持人問及川普近期表示將發函通知各國關稅細節，是否意味談判已結束，貝森特說：「
如果他們沒誠意，就會收到寫明關稅的信。我希望大家都能誠實談判。」
川普在「解放日」後一週宣布暫停對各國的互惠關稅90天，僅保留對中國的高關稅；上週
他已將中國關稅從145%降至30%，作為與中國貿易降溫的訊號。但沃爾瑪本週仍警告將調
漲部分商品價格，川普則批評該公司「賺這麼多，別轉嫁給消費者」。
心得/評論：
你各位繼續拖
看起來最正常的財長也放話說
沒誠意來談就等著收信回4/2的關稅利率
都要這樣在開盤前放話的嗎？ 怕