President Donald Trump said he’d prefer not to have to impose tariffs on China, his latest dovish remark toward the world’s second-biggest economy even as he continues to threaten sweeping action.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would add new tariffs to his sanctions threat against Russia if the country does not make a deal to end its war in Ukraine, and added that these could also be applied to "other participating countries.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned he would impose “high levels” of taxes, tariffs and sanctions on Russia unless Russian President Vladimir Putin strikes a deal to end the war in Ukraine, even as trade between the U.S. and Russia has become increasingly limited in recent years.