What world leaders say about Trump’s tariff so far

The reaction of global leaders to US President Donald Trump’s tariff was with a mixture of criticism, anxiety and calm.

As of May 7, there is a 10 % blanket tariff for all imported goods in the United States, with limited exemptions for the auto industry and some electronics; An additional tariff was stopped in 75 countries on April 9.

The United States now has up to 245 % of customs tariffs on imports from China and the manufacturing center, while China has a 125 % tariff for American goods.

The Trump administration has repeatedly indicated that it is negotiating with many trading partners, including Canada, Mexico and Japan, but none of these talks has not resulted in a commercial deal yet.

Business Insider experts have been told by Business Insider that the pressure on Trump is now pressing to offer commercial deals before the customs tariff stopped 90 days from April 9.

However, on May 6, Trump said he did not need to make deals in response to a question about when the deals will be made.

“We do not have to sign deals, they must sign deals with us. They want a piece of our market. We do not want part of their market,” Trump said during the Canadian ministers’ meeting.

On the night of May 7, Trump disturbed a announcement of the trade framework for Thursday morning.

Here is what world leaders have said about Trump’s tariff and possible negotiations so far.

Canada

Prime Minister Mark Carney described the Trump tariff on April 2 as “unjustified”, and pledged to defend jobs in Canada “by protecting the supply management, doubled the protection of revenues, and expanding the treatment capacity.”

During a May 6 meeting with Trump at the White House, both leaders indicated that USMCA – a trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico – may face comprehensive reform.

“It is a basis for the broader negotiation,” said Carney of USMCA while presenting the correspondent questions with Trump. “Some things on this topic will have to change, and part of the way these definitions have benefited from the current aspects of USMCA – so it will have to change.”

Many Carne are the relative newcomer in politics, but have contracts for financing.

China

Trump and China have not yet agreed to everything whether the definitions were justified for those who started their upcoming commercial conversations in Switzerland.

“The American team has requested between Chinese and senior officials in the United States on economic issues by the United States team,” said Lin Jian spokeswoman at the Foreign Ministry. “Recently, the United States has repeatedly said it wanted to negotiate with China.”

Trump denied that the United States had arrived first, and said: “No,” on May 7 when he was asked whether he would consider reducing his definitions on China to help facilitate the upcoming talks.

China previously suggested that the United States should reduce the definitions imposed first for confidence.

“China wants to stress: in any possible talks and discussions, if the United States does not correct one false tariff from one side, this means that there is a lack of real intention, and this will lead to the erosion of mutual trust,” China’s Ministry of Commerce spokesman said on a press conference on May 2.

“Speak in another way, act in another way, or use conversations as coercive and pressure cover, it will simply not work for China,” the spokesman added.

Mexico

Although 25 % confrontation in definitions, Mexican President Claudia Shinbom has taken a less important position on most world leaders.

“There is no additional tariff for Mexico, and this is a good thing for the country,” Shinbom said at a press conference on April 3 after Trump announced a wide tariff the day before.

Xinbum said that Mexico had survived more customs tariffs because of “the good relationship that we created with the American government, based on cooperation but with respect.”

In a later daily briefing on April 7, 2025, Shinbom confirmed that Mexico will not impose a retaliatory tariff on the United States.

Xinbom has previously negotiated a temporary stop on the definitions imposed on Mexico in February by highlighting her efforts to curb the trafficking in Fintanel and deploy 10,000 National Guard soldiers on the border, and cases listed by Trump as reasons for setting duties in Mexico.

Spain

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called on Trump’s tariff on April 2 of the European Union imports “unilaterally” and “protectionism in the nineteenth century”.

Sanchez also immediately announced a 14.1 billion euro assistance package ($ 15 billion) for affected industries such as aluminum, olive oil and wine.

“We will overcome this unfair crisis without giving up our values,” Sanchez said. “Europe’s hand is stretched, and that will always be because the American people, outside their governments, are a friendly people, but this does not mean that we will stand and do nothing.”

After Trump stopped an additional tariff for 75 commercial partners on April 9, Sanchez said the decision could open a “negotiation door.”

Germany

Olaf Schools, outgoing adviser to Germany, said that Trump’s decisions on the customs tariff were “mainly wrong” and supported Ursula Gertrude von der Lin, the president of the European Union Committee, when Europe called for a “unified and appropriate” reaction.

“This is an attack on a commercial matter that created prosperity all over the world,” Schools told a press conference in Berlin on April 7.

“The entire global economy will suffer from these unprecedented decisions. Companies and consumers will be affected everywhere in the world, including in the United States,” Schools added. “The American administration begins a path that can only lead to losses for everyone.”

German Economy Minister Robert Habik said in February that Trump “will” clash under pressure “if there is Europe.

Conservative leader Friedrich Mirz has become the new advisor to May 7 and did not address the definitions.

Australia

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz, Prime Minister and Labor Party leader, explained that there will be no reprisal measures against the United States.

“It is the American people who will pay the largest price for these unjustified definitions. This is why our government will not seek to impose a mutual tariff. We will not join a race to the bottom that leads to high prices and slower growth.”

Despite the criticism of Trump’s tariff, Albanez said that there will be a “constructive participation” with the United States, because history between the two countries is “greater than a bad decision.”

Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigro Eshiba Trump urged the definitions against Japan in a phone call to Trump on April 7, but he said the deal “will not come overnight.”

“The president told the President that Japan was the largest investor in the United States for five consecutive years and that tariff policies may harm the capabilities of Japanese companies to invest,” Ishia said during a press conference after the call.

During the first period of Trump as president, the United States and Japan signed a bilateral trade deal in 2019 that reduce the customs tariff on American agricultural goods, Japanese machinery tools and other products while they are in higher duties on the export of cars in Japan.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigro Eshiba said on April 21 that Tokyo has no plan to end the commercial deal concluded in 2019, but it will continue to express “extreme anxiety” about the inconsistency between the deal and the latest car tariff in Trump.

Riosi Akazawa, the chief tariff negotiator in Japan, Washington, DC, is visiting in recent weeks.