#TariffPause The US president declined to answer when asked by reporters Friday when he spoke with Xi, saying, “I’ll let you know at the appropriate time. Let’s see if we can make a deal.”

Trump earlier this month announced sharp tariff increases on about 60 countries but then

quickly paused those measures for three months to allow trading partners to negotiate deals, keeping in place a baseline 10% rate during the negotiating period. That set off a flurry of visits from foreign delegations eager to strike a deal, but Xi’s government has taken a more defiant stance.

In the Time interview, Trump also said he expected to wrap up trade deals with US partners “over the next three to four weeks.”