President Trump on Monday indicated there may be some wiggle room for nations to negotiate on trade despite his fresh threat of additional tariffs going into effect on Aug. 1
Trump spoke to reporters hours after he issued letters to roughly a dozen countries informing them that they would face tariff rates of 25 percent or higher beginning Aug. 1. That deadline was delayed from July 9.
“Is the Aug. 1 deadline firm now? Is that it?” a reporter asked Trump during a dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
“No, I would say firm, but not 100 percent firm,” Trump replied. “If they call up and they say ‘we’d like to do something a different way,’ we’re going to be open to that. But essentially that’s the way it is right now.”
Trump spoke to reporters hours after he issued letters to roughly a dozen countries informing them that they would face tariff rates of 25 percent or higher beginning Aug. 1. That deadline was delayed from July 9.
“Is the Aug. 1 deadline firm now? Is that it?” a reporter asked Trump during a dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
“No, I would say firm, but not 100 percent firm,” Trump replied. “If they call up and they say ‘we’d like to do something a different way,’ we’re going to be open to that. But essentially that’s the way it is right now.”