Trump will explain tariffs on electronics on Monday

ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday morning how soon he thinks deals can be made with other nations as some tariff negotiations begin.

"Well, we have one of the Vietnamese officials coming in this week," Bessent responded. "The Japanese are very eager to get it over and I think you are going to see a couple of big trading partners do deals very quickly."

President Donald Trump on Monday, when asked if his tariffs were negotiable or permanent, told reporters "they can both be true."

"We're going to get fair deals and good deals with every country. And if we don't, we're going to have nothing to do with them. They're not going to be allowed to participate in the United States," Trump said.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters Tuesday that President Donald Trump's latest tariff salvo "does not reflect the willingness to have a serious dialogue."

Asked if Beijing would negotiate with Washington in a bid to bring down U.S. tariffs -- now potentially rising to 104% if Trump imposes the additional 50% measures threatened Monday -- Lin said, "If the United States really wants to talk, it should adopt an attitude of equality, respect and reciprocity."

"If the United States ignores the interests of the two countries and the international community and insists on fighting a tariff war and a trade war, China will definitely accompany it to the end," Lin added, as quoted by China's CCTV state media.

Earlier on Tuesday, Lin said there could be "no winner in the trade war and the tariff war, and there is no way out of protectionism."

"Pressure, threats and blackmail are not the right way to deal with China," Lin continued. "China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests."

-ABC News' Karson Yiu

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesperson called the United States' imposition of "reciprocal tariffs" on China "groundless" and a "typical unliteral bullying practice," in a statement Tuesday morning local time.

"China reiterates that there are no winners in a trade war and there is no way out for protectionism," the Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said.

"China urges the US to immediately correct its wrong practices, cancel all unilateral tariff measures against China, stop suppressing China's economy and trade, and properly resolve differences with China through equal dialogue on the basis of mutual respect," the statement added.

-ABC News' Ellie Kaufman

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., responded to Majority Leader John Thune’s suggestion on Monday that her and Sen. Chuck Grassley's tariff bill likely has "no future" in the Senate, claiming that the Republican "doesn’t want to listen" to constituents and colleagues sounding the alarm on Trump's trade policies.

"Sen. Thune doesn't want to listen," Cantwell told reporters on Monday evening. "We got more endorsements today from organizations, consumer groups, who are really impacted by this. ... So now we have inflation, and we have business anxiety, and we have a very unpredictable situation, so it's affecting our economy and it's affecting consumers. I would hope my colleagues would listen."

Despite Thune's assertion that he wouldn't bring up the bipartisan tariff bill, Cantwell said there was still some movement on her proposal.

"I talked to our House colleague who's planning on dropping a bill, so I'm sure he's going to continue to proceed. So, this is about having a discussion on something that's the constitutional authority of Congress. I think people should want to do that responsi[bly] and have that conversation,” she said.

Cantwell is expected to question U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday morning. She said she expects to ask him, "Where was the consultation with Congress about this?" and, "Where's the homework done by the administration to not misconstrue the authority that was given?"

-ABC News' Isabella Murray