PANews reported on April 8 that US President Trump said on the 7th that he would not suspend the so-called "reciprocal tariff" policy. After meeting with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House that day, Trump told the media that he had no intention of suspending the tariff policy at the moment, and that leaders of many economies were seeking to negotiate with him. He believed that there was no contradiction between forcibly enforcing tariff policies and conducting negotiations. Trump also said that he rejected the EU's proposal to exempt tariffs from the United States earlier that day, "No, that's not enough," "They're cheating us on trade issues." Netanyahu told the media after the talks that Israel will eliminate its trade deficit with the United States as soon as possible. According to US government data, the bilateral trade volume between the United States and Israel in 2024 was about US$37 billion, and Israel's trade surplus with the United States was US$7.4 billion.