Karoline Leavitt Asked: Why Is The Trump Administration Sending Letters To Countries About Tariff Deal Deadlines?

During Tuesday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered questions about the ongoing tariff negotiations.

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00:00The Press.

00:01The Press.

00:02Thank you, Caroline.

00:03Reuters was reporting that there is a letter

00:05that was meant to be sent to other countries

00:08which would give these countries a deadline of Wednesday

00:11to produce their best offer on the trade matter.

00:15Why does the administration feel the need to send this letter?

00:18And I have one more follow-up on trade.

00:20Ms. Sure.

00:21I can confirm the merits and the content of the letter.

00:23USTR sent this letter to all of our trading partners

00:26just to give them a friendly reminder

00:28that the deadline is coming up.

00:30And they are in talks, Ambassador Greer, Secretary Bessin,

00:33Secretary Lutnik are in talks with many of our key trading partners

00:36around the globe, as you know.

00:38Brian, I know the Wall Street Journal has covered this quite heavily.

00:41And they continue to be engaged in those discussions.

00:44And this letter was simply to remind these countries

00:46that the deadline is approaching and the President expects good deals.

00:49And we are on track for that, I will emphasize.