New Delhi, April 17 -- Amid ongoing tariffs war, US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he was confident he could make a "very good" deal on trade with China.

Trump made the remark hours after he claimed that 'China wants to meet', while sitting opposite Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni who was in Washington for talks on tariffs.

"Oh we're going to make a deal," Trump said from the White House in response to a reporter's question about picking up the phone to call China's President Xi Jinping.

"I think we are going to make a very good deal with China," said the US President.

China faces up to a 245 per cent tariff on imports to the US as a result of Beijing's retaliatory actions of imposing 125 per cent levies against US...