White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a press briefing Tuesday that “the ball is in China’s court” in the current tariff war.

Leavitt said that stance comes from President Donald Trump, with whom she spoke before meeting with the media.

“China needs to make a deal with us,” Leavitt said. “We don’t have to make a deal with them. There’s no difference between China and any other country, except they are much larger.”

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