The US President Donald Trump He said he intends to send letters to commercial partners within the next two weeks to determine unilateral rates, before the July 9th deadline for re -enforcement dictatorial In dozens of economies.
“We will send letters to about one and a half, two weeks to countries, telling them what the deal is,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, where he was watching a show. “From one point on, we will simply send letters. And I think you understand this, saying that this is the deal, you can take it or leave it, “he added.
It is not clear if Donald Trump will keep his promise. The president has often set two -week deadlines for actions, but come later or do not come at all.
The Republican on May 16 said he would determine the tariff rates for the US trade partners “within the next two to three weeks”. Trump announced higher duties in dozens of trading partners in April to freeze them for 90 days, as markets were faint and investors feared the duties would cause a global recession.
However, despite the ongoing negotiations, the only commercial framework in which the US has ended is with the United Kingdom, along with a tariff truce with China.
But even the ceasefire with China was threatened after Washington and Beijing have been accused of defending the terms, leading to marathon talks this week in London on how to implement their agreement.
Trump said yesterday Wednesday (11.6.2025) that The commercial framework with China has been completed And that Beijing will supply rare land and magnets, while the US will allow Chinese students to study at American colleges and universities.
Asked in the show he was in, whether he would extend the deadline for nations to conclude agreements with his government before the highest duties came into force, Trump said he would be open to it. “But I don’t think we will have this need,” he added.
Trump had initially suggested that he would participate in talks with each partner, but was removed from this idea, prioritizing talks with certain basic financial partners and acknowledging that the government does not have the ability to negotiate dozens of individual agreements.
Trump’s team is also working to secure bilateral agreements with India, Japan, South Korea and the European Union. Haward Lutnik’s Minister of Commerce said yesterday that the European Union is likely to be among the latest agreements completed by the US, expressing its frustration over talks with a block of 27 countries.