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During a press gaggle on Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered a question about trade deal deadlines.
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00:00Here are 11 days until that August 1st trade, Terrence, deadline.
00:06What can we expect between now and August 1st in terms of potential announcements of trade deals with any country?
00:13Look, I can tell you the trade team and the president himself continue to be very engaged with countries around the world when it comes to our trade agreements.
00:21You have the president of the Philippines who will be visiting the White House tomorrow.
00:24Perhaps this will be a topic of discussion you all see for yourselves in the Oval Office as you always do.
00:30But the August 1st deadline is just the really the start date for when the United States of America will begin collecting this revenue from all of the countries around the world who the president has sent these letters to.
00:41You could see some more letters before August 1st, John. You could have some more trade announcements as well.
00:46I can tell you the president, secretary of treasury, secretary of commerce, ambassador Greer all continue to be in constant communication with our trading partners.
00:54I can check in on the status of the South Korean trade talks for you.

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