Trump says ball in China’s court on tariffs

Donald Trump believes it is up to China, not the United States, to come to the negotiating table on trade, the White House said April 15, after the US president accused Beijing of reneging on a major Boeing deal.

“The ball is in China’s court. China needs to make a deal with us. We don’t have to make a deal with them,” said a statement from Trump read out by press secretary Karoline Leavitt at a briefing.

“There’s no difference between China and any other country except they are much larger,” she added.

Ms Leavitt’s comments came after Mr Trump accused China of going back on a major deal with US aviation giant Boeing – following a Bloomberg news report that Beijing ordered airlines not to take further deliveries of the company’s jets.

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Netanyahu calls for hostages to be released during Gaza visit

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited northern Gaza on April 15, accompanied by the country’s defence minister, head of the military and other senior officials, his office said.

A statement released by the prime minister’s office said Mr Netanyahu received a security briefing in northern Gaza on the military’s effort to free Israeli hostages and to defeat Hamas.

The statement did not specify where in northern Gaza Mr Netanyahu visited or mention Hamas’ claim on April 15 that it had lost contact with those guarding Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander after the military purportedly bombed their location.

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