World leaders are rushing to attract Trump, hoping to influence him on customs duties

President Trump’s plan to impose a sweeping tariff on most trade partners in America has governments all over the world for its race to schedule phone calls, send delegations to Washington and make proposals to reduce their import taxes in order to escape fees.

On Monday, European officials offered to drop the customs tariff on zero on cars and industrial goods imported from the United States, for the same treatment. The Israeli Prime Minister was expected to make a personal offer to Mr. Trump on Monday at meetings at the White House. In a phone call last week, the Supreme Commander of Vietnam offered to get rid of the customs tariff for American goods, while Indonesia is ready to send a high -level delegation to Washington, DC, to “direct negotiation with the US government.”

Even Lesoto, the small, non -coastal state in South Africa, gathered a delegation to send it to Washington to protest the customs duties on its exports to the United States, which includes the denim of Calvin Klein and Levi.

Mr. Trump and his advisers gave mixed signals on whether the United States is ready to negotiate. On Sunday, Mr. Trump said that the definitions will remain in effect until the American trade deficit has disappeared, which means that the United States no longer buys more of these countries than it sells. But it still seems that the administration welcomes offers from foreign countries, which is desperate to try to prevent more fees that enter into force on Wednesday.

On Monday, when the markets fell for a third day, Mr. Trump threatened more definitions of punishment for China, the president said that “negotiations with other countries, which also requested meetings, will start immediately.”

The President wrote in fact on Monday morning: “Countries from all over the world speak to us.” “Difficult but fair standards have been set. He spoke to the Japanese Prime Minister this morning. He is sending a big team to negotiate!”

But on Monday afternoon he asked whether Europe’s offer for zero definitions on American cars or industrial products was sufficient, Mr. Trump answered: “No, not. The European Union was very harsh over the years.”

The disturbances in the stock markets have prompted the president to announce last Wednesday speculation that the president may be ready to conclude some deals to re -tariff. In “Meet The Press” on Sunday, Senator James Lancford, Republican in Oklahoma, expected that the customs tariff “will be a short -term issue while negotiations are already.”

“I think that once the president begins to announce some negotiations in some different countries, we will start seeing the calm market, and we will start seeing prices very quickly.”

But Mr. Trump and many of his advisers have reduced the possibility of any immediate changes. On Sunday night, Mr. Trump told the correspondents of one air force that it would not reflect the customs tariff for other countries unless the US -run -the trade deficit with China, the European Union and other countries disappear.

“Hundreds of billions of dollars annually we lose with China,” Mr. Trump told reporters in the Air Force. “And unless we solve this problem, it will not conclude a deal.” He added that he was “ready to deal with China, but they have to solve their surplus.”

The definitions that enter into force on Wednesday range from 10 percent to 40 percent, nearly 60 countries. they It is calculated Based on the American trade deficit with each country and it will be added to a 10 percent global tax, it entered into force on Saturday.

Some countries – such as Europe and Canada – threatened to impose a retaliatory tariff on American goods, while others decided to adhere to avoiding the anger of Mr. Trump. On Monday, Mr. Trump angrily responded to China’s decision revenge and said he would impose “an additional tariff on China by 50 percent, as of April 9.”

Ursula von der Lynn, head of the European Commission, has repeated a threat to retaliatory tariffs on Monday even when she suggested dropping some definitions between the United States and Europe to scratch. “We are also ready to respond through counter -measures and defend our interests,” she said.

Lay Cheng T. President Taiwan said in a video on Sunday night that Taiwan had no plans to take revenge on the customs tariff. He added that the investment obligations made by the Taiwanese companies to the United States will not change as long as they remain in the national interest.

Throughout Asia – where Mr. Trump targeted some of the most severe drawings, as factories specialize in electronics, car parts and shoes for the United States – the leaders offered to conclude deals and work to hold meetings with Mr. Trump. The definitions are a special threat to multinationals that moved factories from China to Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand in recent years, after Mr. Trump opened a trade war with China in his first presidency.

On Monday, the Filipin’s Minister of Trade said that the country will reduce the customs tariff for goods coming from the United States and meet “soon” with the American economic team. Cambodia leader – who faces the highest tariffs for any Asian country, by 49 percent – sent a message to Mr. Trump on Friday, saying it reduces the customs tariff in 19 category of American imports immediately. Thailand, which faces a 36 percent tariff for its exports, expressed “its willingness to participate in the dialogue.”

In Vietnam, where many people had expected a tariff of about 10 percent, the announcement of a 46 percent tariff was a blow. On Sunday for a trip to the United States, Deputy Prime Minister in Vietnam was scheduled to leave on Sunday for a trip to the United States with a delegation that included executives with the country’s main airlines, which had promised to buy Boeing aircraft.

The Vietnam Ministry of Commerce asked the Trump administration to suspend a 46 percent tariff, and requested a phone call with the American commercial actor, Jameson Jarir, “as soon as possible,” according to a statement on the government’s website.

In an invitation with Mr. Trump last week, Vietnam’s great leader, Plam, promised to reduce the definitions of zero on liquefied natural gas, other American cars and goods coming to the country, and suggested that his counterpart do the same, according to a statement issued by the Vietnamese government.

“I received a very fruitful invitation with Lam, who told me that Vietnam wanted to reduce the tariffs of definitions to zero if they managed to agree with the United States,” said Mr. Trump in a post on the truth platform on Friday morning.

But in his talk about CNBC on Monday this morning, White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro said that Vietnam’s offer to reduce customs tariffs would not be enough to persuade Mr. Trump to abandon concerns about other barriers, as well as customs duties that countries use to prevent American exports, such as taxes or regulations.

Mr. Navarro said: “When they come to us and say, we will go to a zero tariff, and this does not mean anything to us, because it is not important.”

Mr. Navarro also urged the European Union to drop barriers like its value -added taxes, which Trump officials Claiming discrimination Against the United States. He said: “You are stealing from the American people every possible way. So not only say that we will reduce our tariff.”

In Japan, where Stock markets decreased By more than 7 percent on Monday, Prime Minister Shigro Ishiba said he would be ready to meet Mr. Trump to discuss the drawings and assures Mr. Trump that Japan “does not do anything unfair.”

Japanese Minister of Trade, Yuji Moto, did not hide his disappointment for the definitions. He told reporters that he immediately held a “online meeting” with Howard Lottenic, the Trade Secretary, to tell him that “the tariff steps from one side were very painful.”

“The Ishiba government prefers negotiating instead of escalation,” said Tobias Harris, Foresight founder, the founder of Japan, a company that advises customers in Japanese politics. “It is struggling to determine who can negotiate, if anyone is.”

Mr. Moto traveled to Washington last month, where the definitions were looming on the horizon for urgent conversations with Mr. Lootnick. Mr. Moto argued that Japan had obtained an exemption based on nearly a trillion dollars invested in the United States, including in the huge car factories built by Toyota and other Japanese auto companies.

The South Korean Minister of Commerce, Cheong In-Kyo, also planned to visit Washington this week to try to reduce the tariff of 25 percent of Mr. Trump on goods from South Korea. Mr. Cheung is expected to meet with Trump administration officials, including Mr. Jarir, to express their concern about new duties and search for ways to reduce their impact on the South Korean economy driven by export.

European officials were also flowing to Washington to try to negotiate. On Friday, the European Union Trade Commissioner, Marus Sivkovic, met with his American counterparts “Frank” meeting for two hoursAnd it is pledged to continue the talks.

Mr. Sefcovic has traveled to Washington repeatedly in recent weeks, but progress has stopped so far. European Union officials who met Mr. Lootnick and Mr. Jarir found that they were not ready to negotiate before the tariff was announced on April 2.

European leaders have expressed his willingness to reduce customs tariffs in some sectors and have reached other possible islands, such as buying more American liquid natural gas and increasing military expenses. But they are also preparing for revenge, in the hope that the European economy will return again to the United States to the negotiating table.

European Union officials have spent the past few weeks improving a list of anti -models they plan to put on April 15. They sent the repeated list to representatives of member states on Monday, and it is expected to vote on the list on Wednesday.

While this initial wave of revenge only responds to steel and aluminum steel, politicians indicated that more will come if negotiation fails. Even some national officials are open to hitting major technology companies in America with commercial barriers, and European Union policy makers indicated that all options are on the table.

European countries Export a lot of Pharmaceutical products, cars and machinery to the United States, and companies all over the continent are preparing for pain with the start of fresh American definitions.

Only a handful of countries – including Mexico, Canada and Russia – ran away from the new fees of Mr. Trump. In an interview on Thursday, Luis Rosindo Guterres Romano, Deputy Minister of Mexico International Trade, said that Mexico was working hard to hold a constructive and positive dialogue with the United States during the past five weeks, and that the decision to exclude Mexico and Canada was a reference to the value of the commercial agreement between countries.

Mr. Guterres said that Mr. Lootnick was talking to Marcelo Eftrard, the Mexican Minister of Economy, or a week on the phone or in meetings at the Ministry of Commerce in Washington. Mexican officials confirmed that the Americans that Mexican exports were different from those in Vietnam or China, because Mexican manufacturers use more parts and raw materials from the United States in their factories.

Reports previously contributed Martin Fackerlerand Non -governmental Tongand O Narinand Megan Tobinand Akira Davis River Ghann Hun-Salu.