During a briefing on Monday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the Trump administration moving the deadline for tariff deals from July 9th to August 1st.
00:00And then on tariffs, you're now delaying the deadline from July 9th to August 1st.
00:05Is that an acknowledgment that perhaps the administration found it more difficult to negotiate these trade deals?
00:10Or whatever happens at 90 deals in 90 days?
00:13No, it's an acknowledgment that this administration is doing what's best for the American worker,
00:17and we want the best deals possible for our workers, for our manufacturing base, for our middle class.
00:23And they are doing this deliberately and appropriately on behalf of our country's interests.
00:28Josh.
00:28If you get a couple more on the tariffs, you said about 12 more letters.
00:33There were about 55 or so countries, including the EU as a bloc, that we're facing this tariff increase.
00:38All of those, to understand you correctly, are now deferred to August 1st, right?
00:41Correct.
00:41And on the 12, what happens with the remaining whatever it would be, 40-something days?
00:46So just 12 today.
00:47There will be additional letters in the coming days.
00:48So all of them are going to get a letter at some point?
00:50Correct.
00:50Okay.
00:51And can you tell me why he decided to start with South Korea and Japan?
00:54Are they annoying him?
00:55It's the president's prerogative, and those are the countries he chose.
01:01And on the sectoral tariffs, is there understanding that these continue to be a separate track?
01:05We're still waiting on a bunch of those.
01:06That's right.
01:07Can you give us any timing update on when he's going to move on, for instance, semiconductor tariffs and other things that are still in the opera?
01:13I don't have a timing update, but for where they are in the process, I would defer you to the Department of Commerce.
