原文标题：Bessent warns tariff will return to ‘Liberation Day’ rates
if negotiations aren’t in good faith
原文连结：https://reurl.cc/lz4QvA
发布时间：2025-5-18
记者署名：Alex Gangitano
原文内容：
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday warned that the reciprocal tariffs
on trading partners could go back to the rate slapped on them on “Liberation
Day” last month if they don’t engage in good faith negotiations.
“I think that it would be the April 2nd level,” Bessent said on NBC’s “
Meet the Press with Kristen Welker” when asked if future rates would be
above 10 percent.
He added, “Some countries were at 10 percent, some were substantially
higher. And the negotiating leverage that President Trump is talking about
here is if you don’t want to negotiate then it will spring back to the April
2nd level.”
Welker asked Bessent about Trump’s recent comments that trading partners
should expect letters from administration officials outlining what the tariff
rate will be and if that signals that negotiations are over.
“This means that they’re not negotiating in good faith. They are going to
get a letter saying, ‘Here is the rate.’ So, I was expect that everyone
would come and negotiate in good faith,” the secretary said.
Trump paused the reciprocal tariffs on trading partners for 90 days a week
after “Liberation Day” amid pressure from Wall Street and Republicans
because of the turbulence in the stock market. When he initiated the pause,
Trump imposed a 10 percent tariff across-the-board on all foreign nations
other than China.
He had imposed a 145 percent tariff on China and last week lowered those
tariffs to 30 percent, de-escalation that ongoing trade war with Beijing.
The administration has been in talks with other officials since the 90-day
pause took effect and Bessent has been at the helm of those negotiations. The
administration struck a trade deal with the United Kingdom earlier this
month, which includes billions of dollars of increased market access for
American exports.
Despite the lower tariff rate on China, Walmart this week warned that they
will have to start raising prices on some items. Trump on Saturday called out
Walmart for making billions of dollars last year and told the company to not
charge customers anything extra.
财政部长史考特・贝森特周日表示，若贸易伙伴未展现诚意谈判，美国将把关税恢复至4
月2日“解放日”的水准，当时对中国课征145%、其他国家最低也有10%。他在NBC节目中
强调：“这就是总统的谈判筹码——不谈就恢复原来的高税率。”
主持人问及川普近期表示将发函通知各国关税细节，是否意味谈判已结束，贝森特说：“
如果他们没诚意，就会收到写明关税的信。我希望大家都能诚实谈判。”
川普在“解放日”后一周宣布暂停对各国的互惠关税90天，仅保留对中国的高关税；上周
他已将中国关税从145%降至30%，作为与中国贸易降温的讯号。但沃尔玛本周仍警告将调
涨部分商品价格，川普则批评该公司“赚这么多，别转嫁给消费者”。
心得/评论：
你各位继续拖
看起来最正常的财长也放话说
没诚意来谈就等著收信回4/2的关税利率
都要这样在开盘前放话的吗？ 怕