NPR News: 05-09-2025 5PM EDT
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| 0:19.8 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. |
| 0:24.8 | President Trump has complicated the question of how high he wants tariffs on Chinese goods to go, |
| 0:31.2 | suggesting lowering those taxes from 145 to 80%. |
| 0:35.6 | That announcement comes as top U.S. economic officials |
| 0:38.3 | prepare to meet with their Chinese counterparts, |
| 0:40.6 | and peers Daniel Kurtzleben has more. |
| 0:42.3 | In a morning social media post, President Trump wrote, quote, |
| 0:45.3 | 80% tariff on China seems right, up to Scott B, |
| 0:48.9 | referring to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, |
| 0:51.0 | who is meeting with Chinese economic officials this weekend about tariffs. |
| 0:55.0 | White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt addressed the president's post. |
| 0:58.6 | The president still remains with his position that he is not going to unilaterally bring down tariffs on China. |
| 1:04.4 | We need to see concessions from them as well. |
| 1:06.8 | She added that 80 was a number the president, quote, threw out there. |
| 1:10.4 | While 80 percent would be a big drop from the current 145% tariffs on many Chinese goods, |
| 1:16.2 | it is still very high and may not ease consumer fears. |
| 1:19.5 | Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House. |
| 1:21.8 | Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter has died. |
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