President Donald Trump‘s administration has hiked tariffs on Chinese imports to the U.S. by up to 245%, as per a fact sheet released by the White House on Apr. 15. Trump signed an executive order launching an investigation into the national security risks posed by American reliance on imported critical minerals and their derivatives.

President Trump released a new statement on China saying that the country needs to come to the U.S. to make a trade deal to lower the tariffs the U.S. has levied against China, because the country needs U.