PANews reported on April 24 that according to CCTV.com, citing a report from the Wall Street Journal on April 23, senior US officials revealed that the Trump administration is considering multiple options. In the first option, the tariff rate on Chinese goods may be reduced to about 50%-65%. The second option is called the "tiered option", in which the US will classify goods imported from China into so-called "non-threat to US national security" and so-called "strategic to US national interests". US media said that in the "tiered option", the US will impose a 35% tariff on the first category of goods and a tariff rate of at least 100% on the second category of goods. White House Press Secretary Levitt said that Trump's position on tariffs on China "has not softened".