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2025.07.08조회수 44회

Nations Chase US Trade Deals as Bessent Hints at Extension


Major US trading partners hurried over the weekend to secure trade deals or lobby for extra time, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent indicated that some countries lacking an agreement by the deadline Wednesday will have the option of a three-week extension to negotiate.

“We’re going to be very busy over the next 72 hours,” Bessent said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, referring to the time left before the administration’s July 9 deadline.

In interviews with two programs Sunday, Bessent signaled that letters President Donald Trump is poised to send trading partners this week aren’t the final word on countries’ immediate tariff rates. The levies will kick in Aug. 1, so there’s still time for those that aren’t close to an agreement to bring offers to the table, he said.

For weeks, the administration has signaled that Trump’s reciprocal tariffs will revert on July 9 to their higher April 2 levels for countries that fail to secure an accord aimed at reducing US trade imbalances. Bessent acknowledged that the sheer number of ongoing discussions is complicating the final stages.

“There’s a lot of congestion going into the home stretch,” the Treasury chief said on Fox News Sunday. “So by telling our trading partners that they could boomerang back to the April 2 date, I think it’s really going to move things along the next couple of days and weeks.”

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