President Trump said that Americans would be better off in the long run from his tariffs, which he said would prevent the country from being “ripped off.”
The White House did not immediately provide details. The move was a sharp pivot for President Trump, who withdrew the United States from a nuclear deal with Iran in 2018.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has the last word in state matters, and he has repeatedly said Iran that cannot trust that the United States would honor its end of any bargain.
The officials plan to meet next week to discuss the first steps of an agreement, after President Trump cast doubt on U.S. support for Ukraine in recent days.