Trump inks trade deal with UK, previews China trade negotiations during 16th week in office

President Donald Trump and his administration inked a major bargain deal with the U K Thursday and closed the week gearing up for business talks with China over the weekend Details of the specific agreement plan with the U K are sparse but the deal keeps the existing tariffs in place against U K goods while removing specific import taxes on items like steel and cars With this deal the U K joins the United States in affirming that reciprocity and fairness is an essential and vital principle of international transaction Trump commented Thursday The deal includes billions of dollars of increased industry access for American exports especially in agriculture dramatically increasing access for American beef ethanol and virtually all of the products produced by our great farmers TRUMP SIGNALS CHINA VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN SECURING TRANSACTION DEAL AHEAD OF SWITZERLAND NEGOTIATIONSThe deal is the first historic transaction negotiation signed following Liberation Day when Trump released widespread tariffs for multiple countries April at a range of rates The administration later adjusted its initial proposal and reported April it would promptly impose a tariff on Chinese goods while reducing reciprocal tariffs on other countries for days to a baseline of China responded by raising tariffs on U S goods to Trump also shed particular insight into arrangement negotiations with China given that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is scheduled to kick off contract negotiations with China in Switzerland Saturday Scott's going to be going to Switzerland meeting with China Trump informed reporters Thursday at the White House And you know they very much want to make a deal We can all play games Who made the first call who didn't make them It doesn't matter Only matters what happens in that room But I will tell you that China very much wants to make a deal We'll see how that works out Here s what also happened this week Trump also doubled down on his interest in expanding the U S during a Tuesday visit with Canada s prime minister Mark Carney Trump regularly has noted he wants Canada to become a U S state and has discussed acquiring Greenland and the Panama Canal for guard purposes However the matter of Canada isn t open to negotiation Carney commented Having met with the owners of Canada over the class of the campaign the last several months it's not for sale Carney commented at the White House Tuesday Won't be for sale ever but the opportunity is in the partnership and what we can build together We have done that in the past and part of that as the president just announced is with respect to our safety and my administration is committed for a step change in our stake in Canadian assurance and our partnership CARNEY SAYS CANADA IS NOT FOR SALE TRUMP REPLIES NEVER SAY NEVER While Trump acknowledged that Canada was stepping up its assets in military assurance he announced Never say never in response to Canada becoming another state I ve had plenty of multiple things that were not doable and they ended up being doable Trump mentioned TRUMP PULLS HIS NOMINATION FOR DC US ATTORNEY SAYS HE'LL REVEAL NEW PICK SOON Trump also met with Russian-American ballet dancer Ksenia Karelina at the White House Monday Karelina faced a sentence of years in a Russian penal colony for treason in but the Trump administration negotiated her return to the U S during a U S -Russian prisoner swap in April CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Mr Trump I'm so so grateful for you to bring me home and for the American establishment And I never felt more lucky to be American and I'm so so happy to get home Karelina revealed in a video posted by Trump deputy assistant Sebastian Gorka on April upon her return to the U S Karelina a resident of Los Angeles who was born in Russia was arrested in during a trip to visit family in Yekaterinburg Russia Russia Federal Guard Provision arrested her after inspecting her phone and finding a donation to a U S -based charity that supports Ukraine Fox News Emma Colton contributed to this account