WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump suggests that his administration could strike trade deals with some countries as soon as this week, offering the prospect of relief for trading partners seeking to avoid higher US import duties.
“It could very well be,” Trump told reporters last Sunday when asked whether any trade agreements were coming this week. He didn’t specify any countries.
“We’re negotiating with many countries, but at the end of this, I’ll set my own deals, because I set the deal. They don’t set the deal,” Trump said aboard Air Force One.
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