'I set the deal': Trump says trade agreements may come as soon as this week

 'I set the deal': Trump says trade agreements may come as soon as this week

US President Donald Trump has indicated that his administration could finalise new trade agreements with select countries as early as this week. Speaking aboard Air Force One on Sunday (local time), he declined to name any countries but stressed that he would be the one to determine the terms.

 

“I set the deal — they don’t set the deal,” he remarked.

 

When asked if any trade deals were imminent this week, Trump said, “It could very well be.” However, when asked to elaborate on a timeline, he did not provide clarity, stating, “At some point in the next two weeks or three weeks, I’m going to be setting the deal.”

Trade talks underway, but Trump’s tariff threat looms

Discussions have already been underway between Trump’s aides and several other countries. However, Trump also maintained that new duties could still be imposed, saying, “At a certain point, I’ll be just setting a certain tariff number.”

 

“I’m going to say that such and such a country has had a tremendous trade surplus — surplus their way — with us, and they’ve taken advantage of us in various ways, and we fully understand what they were doing,” he added.

 

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