Trump Inks Trade Deal With Uk, Previews China Trade Negotiations During 16th Week In Office

President Donald Trump and his management inked a awesome waste and acquisition woody pinch nan U.K. Thursday, and closed nan week gearing up for waste and acquisition talks pinch China complete nan weekend. 

Details of nan circumstantial waste and acquisition scheme pinch nan U.K. are sparse, but nan woody keeps nan existing 10% tariffs successful spot against U.K. equipment while removing immoderate import taxes connected items for illustration alloy and cars. 

"With this deal, nan U.K. joins nan United States successful affirming that reciprocity and fairness is an basal and captious rule of world trade," Trump said Thursday. "The woody includes billions of dollars of accrued marketplace entree for American exports, particularly successful agriculture, dramatically expanding entree for American beef, ethanol and virtually each of nan products produced by our awesome farmers." 

TRUMP SIGNALS CHINA ‘VERY MUCH’ INTERESTED IN SECURING TRADE DEAL AHEAD OF SWITZERLAND NEGOTIATIONS

President Donald Trump on pinch Vice President JD Vance and Peter Mandelson, British Ambassador to nan United States, 3rd from left, perceive arsenic Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain speaks connected nan speakerphone successful nan Oval Office astatine nan White House May 8, 2025, pursuing Trump's U.K. waste and acquisition woody announcement. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The woody is nan first historical waste and acquisition speech signed pursuing Liberation Day, erstwhile Trump announced wide tariffs for aggregate countries April 2 astatine a scope of rates. 

The management later adjusted its first connection and announced April 9 it would instantly enforce a 145% tariff connected Chinese goods, while reducing reciprocal tariffs connected different countries for 90 days to a baseline of 10%. China responded by raising tariffs connected U.S. equipment to 125%.

Trump besides shed immoderate penetration into waste and acquisition negotiations pinch China, fixed that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is scheduled to footwear disconnected waste and acquisition negotiations pinch China successful Switzerland Saturday. 

"Scott's going to beryllium going to Switzerland, gathering pinch China," Trump told reporters Thursday astatine nan White House. "And you know, they very overmuch want to make a deal. We tin each play games. Who made nan first call, who didn't make them? It doesn't matter. Only matters what happens successful that room. But I will show you that China very overmuch wants to make a deal. We'll spot really that useful out."

Here’s what besides happened this week: 

Meeting pinch Canada’s premier minister 

Trump besides doubled down connected his liking successful expanding nan U.S. during a Tuesday sojourn pinch Canada’s premier minister, Mark Carney. 

Trump regularly has said he wants Canada to go a U.S. state, and has discussed acquiring Greenland and nan Panama Canal for information purposes. However, nan matter of Canada isn’t unfastened to negotiation, Carney said. 

"Having met pinch nan owners of Canada complete nan people of nan run nan past respective months, it's not for sale," Carney said astatine nan White House Tuesday. "Won't beryllium for waste ever, but nan opportunity is successful nan business and what we tin build together. We person done that successful nan past, and portion of that, arsenic nan president conscionable said, is pinch respect to our security, and my authorities is committed for a measurement alteration successful our finance successful Canadian information and our partnership."

CARNEY SAYS CANADA IS NOT FOR SALE, TRUMP REPLIES ‘NEVER SAY NEVER’

President Donald Trump meets pinch Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney successful nan Oval Office of nan White House successful Washington, May 6, 2025.   (Jim Watson/AFP)

While Trump acknowledged that Canada was stepping up its finance successful subject security, he said, "Never opportunity never" successful consequence to Canada becoming different state. 

"I’ve had many, galore things that were not doable, and they ended up being doable," Trump said.

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Meeting pinch ballet dancer freed from Russian prison 

Trump besides met pinch Russian-American ballet dancer, Ksenia Karelina, astatine nan White House Monday. Karelina faced a condemnation of 12 years successful a Russian penal colony for treason successful 2024, but nan Trump management negotiated her return to nan U.S. during a U.S.-Russian captive switch successful April. 

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Senior Director for Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka takes a image of US-Russian ballet dancer Ksenia Karelina and her boyfriend, South African boxer Chris van Heerden, astatine Joint Base Andrews successful Maryland, pursuing Karelina's merchandise from Russia connected April 10, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)

"Mr. Trump, I'm so, truthful grateful for you to bring maine location and for (the) American government. And I ne'er felt much blessed to beryllium American, and I'm so, truthful happy to get home," Karelina said successful a video posted by Trump lawman adjunct Sebastian Gorka connected April 11 upon her return to nan U.S.

Karelina, a resident of Los Angeles who was calved successful Russia, was arrested successful 2024 during a travel to sojourn family successful Yekaterinburg, Russia. Russia Federal Security Service arrested her aft inspecting her telephone and uncovering a aid to a U.S.-based kindness that supports Ukraine. 

Fox News’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.