Once the United States has imposed tariffs on its major trading partners it could engage in bilateral talks with countries on new trade arrangements, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday.

The US may initiate bilateral negotiations with countries to reach new trade agreements. However, this will occur only after US tariffs are applied to key trading partners, informs CNN, citing US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined CBS News’ Margaret Brennan on Sunday’s “Face the Nation,” where he was pressed about the implications of President Trump’s tariff plan. “Isn’t there a risk that China will ultimately be the winner?

It is made for the American people and American interests.” Seven years later, when McKinley was in the Oval Office, he signed into law a piece of legislation, the Dingley Act, that raised some tariffs even further.

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