Trump Reveals Next Steps For Trade Deals As Tariff Deadline Looms

Last night, President Trump discussed the next steps in his efforts to secure trade deals as the tariff deadline looms.

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00:00The Press on trade, would you be willing to extend the deadline for trade talks with these countries?

00:06I would, but I don't think we're going to have that necessity.

00:10We made a great deal with China. We're very happy with it.

00:13We have everything we need, and we're going to do very well with it, and hopefully they are too.

00:20That was a very big one. As you know, we did with the U.K., and I tell you what, we are rocking in terms of deals.

00:29Now, at a certain point, we're just going to send letters out, and I think you understand that, saying this is the deal.

00:36You can take it or you can leave it. You don't have to use it. You don't have to shop in the United States, as I said.

00:43So at a certain point, we'll do that. We're not quite ready.

00:45We're dealing with quite a few countries, and they all want to make a deal with us, every one of them.

00:50Who's next? Who are you expecting you to deal with next?

00:52Well, we're dealing with Japan. We're dealing with South Korea. We're dealing with a lot of them.

00:56We're dealing with about 15 countries, but as you know, we have about 150-plus, and you can't do that.

01:03So we're going to be sending letters out in about a week and a half, two weeks, to countries, telling them what the deal is, like I did with EU.

01:12And are you happy with the EU right now? You were unhappy with them about 10 days ago.

01:16Well, I'll let you know in about a week. They do want to negotiate. I will say that. Thank you.

01:20We are.

01:23We are.