"You don't know whether or not China's going to eat it," Trump said of the potential for tariffs on Chinese goods to increase consumer prices.

President Trump defended his aggressive trade policies toward China, asserting Beijing would likely absorb the tariffs despite concerns about rising prices for American consumers. He dismissed economic anxieties,

Comments from the president and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent raised expectations that the economic rivals could find a way to reduce the intensity of the trade war.