On April 8, US President Trump said on the 7th local time that he would not suspend the so-called "reciprocal tariff" policy. Trump told the media after meeting with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House that day that he had no consideration to suspend tariff policies and leaders of many economies were seeking to negotiate with him. He believes that forcibly implementing tariff policies and conducting negotiations are not contradictory.

Trump also said that he rejected the EU's proposal to exempt tariffs from the United States earlier that day, "No, this is not enough" and "they deceived us on trade issues." Netanyahu told the media after the talks that Israel will eliminate the trade deficit with the United States as soon as possible. According to U.S. government data, the bilateral trade volume between the United States and Israel was approximately US$37 billion in 2024, and the trade surplus with the United States was US$7.4 billion.