India, Oct. 17 -- US President Donald Trump said that the tariffs imposed on China were "not sustainable" as tensions between China and US rise ahead of his expected meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

"It's not sustainable," Trump said in an interview with Fox Business, a clip of which aired on Friday, when asked whether the tariffs the two countries imposed on each other earlier this year could remain.

"But that's what the number is, it's probably not, you know, it could stand, but they forced me to do that."

The tariff dispute between Washington and Beijing had pushed US import taxes on Chinese goods to as high as 145% in a tariff war that stoked fears of a global slowdown.

Those duties, however, were put on hold with a 90-d...