Trump signs 12 'take it or leave it' letters for trading partners
發佈日期: 2025-07-05 21:23
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U.S. President Donald Trump said he has signed letters to 12 countries outlining the various tariff levels they would face on goods they export to the United States.
The "take it or leave it" offers will be sent out on Monday.
Trump also said he will start talking to China, perhaps President Xi Jinping or one of his representatives, on Monday or Tuesday about a possible TikTok deal.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to New Jersey, U.S. President Donald Trump declined to name the countries that were sent the "take it or leave it" offers.
He said they would be made public on Monday. In April, Trump announced a 10 percent base tariff rate and additional amounts for most countries, some ranging as high as 50 percent.
However, all but the 10 percent base rate were subsequently suspended for 90 days to allow more time for negotiations to secure deals. That period ends on July 9th.
Although Trump said on Friday the tariffs could be even higher, ranging up to 70 percent, with most set to go into effect August 1st.
Trump and his top aides initially said they would launch negotiations with scores of countries on tariff rates.
However, his administration has suffered repeated setbacks in negotiations with major trading partners.
The only trade agreements Trump's administration has reached to date are with Britain and Vietnam.
EU diplomats on Friday said they have failed to achieve a breakthrough and may now seek to extend the status quo to avoid tariff hikes.
India has outlined it is ready to slash its high tariff rates for the U.S. but has not conceded on demands to open up the country's agriculture and dairy sectors.
Trump also said he will start talking to China on Monday or Tuesday about a possible TikTok deal.
He said the United States "pretty much" has a deal on the sale of the short-video app.
Last month, Trump extended a deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of TikTok to September 17th.
A deal had been in the works this spring to spin off TikTok's U.S. operations into a new U.S.-based firm, majority-owned and operated by U.S. investors.
However, the deal was put on hold after China indicated it would not approve it following Trump's announcements of steep tariffs on Chinese goods.
Trump said the United States will probably have to get a deal approved by China.
