Donald Trump tariff updates: United States to send letters within weeks on trade president reveals
US President Donald Trump says that over the next two to three weeks US officials will be sending letters to countries outlining “what they will be paying to do business in the United States”.
Mr Trump, speaking in the capital of the United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi on the last stage of a four-day tour of Gulf countries, did not clarify further what that meant.
China and the United States announced a truce in their trade war on Monday after talks in Geneva, which Mr Trump mentioned in his Abu Dhabi remarks along with a separate trade deal with the United Kingdom.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.“At a certain point over the next two to three weeks I think (US Treasury Secretary) Scott (Bessent) and (US Commerce Secretary) Howard (Lutnick) will be sending letters out ... telling people what they’ll be paying to do business in the United States.”
He said countries could appeal it and that US officials would not be able to meet with all the “150 countries that want to make a deal”.
The US also agreed a limited bilateral trade agreement with the UK last week, which leaves in place Trump’s 10 per cent tariffs on UK exports while cutting higher tariffs on steel and cars.
Abu Dhabi was Trump’s last stop on a Gulf tour focused on business deals worth hundred of billions of dollars that could boost the US economy and create jobs.
