Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that trade negotiations with South Korea are "moving faster" than expected and that technical details could be available as soon as next week.
President Donald Trump criticized business officials who have said his tariffs actions are damaging, bragged about countries and executives asking for breaks, and made a list of non-tariff cheating he wants countries to end, all on social media over the weekend.
Vice President JD Vance issued a statement that said he and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi "welcomed significant progress in the negotiations for a U.S.-India Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) and formally announced the finalization of the Terms of Reference for the negotiations, laying down a roadmap for further discussions about our shared economic priorities."
President Donald Trump seemed to say April 17 he doesn’t intend to raise tariffs on China further, and that he might actually be looking to lower them.
An April 15 executive order from President Donald Trump calls for examining the impact of importing higher volumes of prescription drugs to lower prescription drug costs in the U.S.
President Donald Trump was set to join talks at the White House with Japan April 16 “to negotiate Tariffs, the cost of military support, and ‘TRADE FAIRNESS,’” he said in a Truth Social post earlier in the day. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick were also set to attend, he said. “Hopefully something can be worked out which is good (GREAT!) for Japan and the USA!”
The Trump administration's decision to pause most reciprocal tariffs on April 9 was a "well-planned move" and not a reaction to the bond market, National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said in an interview with CNBC April 10.
President Donald Trump said that the 10% universal tariff rate that he imposed on April 2 is not necessarily permanent, depending on what other countries are willing to give the U.S. in return for removal.
President Donald Trump’s April 8 executive order that raised the reciprocal tariff on China to 84% also increased tariffs applicable to postal shipments.
The potentially competing objectives of President Donald Trump's April 2 tariffs could mean that they won't go away anytime soon, experts suggested during an event hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center.