President Donald Trump said Monday that the European Union is “nastier than China” on trade.

Trump made the comments at the White House while also announcing an executive order targeting reducing prescription drug costs. His remarks also came hours after the U.S. and China announced a de-escalation of their tit-for-tat tariffs and a 90-day period to hammer out a trade deal.

“European Union is in many ways nastier than China, OK?” Trump said. “And we’ve just started with them. Oh, they’ll come down a lot. You watch. We have all the cards. They treated us very unfairly.”

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