Navarro says tariffs 'not a negotiation' while top Trump officials instructed to begin talks
As Trump has directed his top Cabinet officials to begin tariff negotiations with Japanese officials, another top Trump adviser has published an op-ed in the Financial Times saying that tariffs are "not a negotiation."
Trump's senior counselor for trade Peter Navarro wrote the op-ed and proclaimed that this is a national emergency, not a negotiation.
"President Trump is always willing to listen. But to those world leaders who, after decades of cheating, are suddenly offering to lower tariffs -- know this: that’s just the beginning," Navarro wrote in the op-ed.
Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday President Trump tasked him and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to "open negotiations to implement the President’s vision for the new Golden Age of Global Trade" with Japanese officials after Trump held a call with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart