US President's tariff on smartphones to China "not yet discussed" Negotiations continue or December 6th 6:58

President Trump of the United States said that it was “not yet discussed” whether it will be activated on the 15th of this month as a deadline for measures to add customs to smartphones imported from China. It seems that the bargaining negotiations are continuing until the deadline.

The US Trump administration has stated that it will postpone the launch of trade negotiations when it reaches the first-stage agreement on measures to add tariffs such as smartphones imported from China planned for this month. Negotiations have not been agreed even after 10 days.

President Trump told reporters at the White House on the 5th, "There may be something happening on December 15 but we have not yet discussed whether it will be triggered. We have a good discussion with China." He stated that he was still negotiating with the Chinese side without deciding whether it would be activated at the moment.

The negotiations strongly demand that China remove some of the tariffs that have already been added, whereas the US side seems to have determined how much China will tackle intellectual property rights protection.

Amid the deepening conflict over the human rights issues between Hong Kong and the Uyghur between the United States and China, if tariffs are triggered, the impact on the economy of both countries will be large, and it seems that negotiations are going on at the last minute,