During a press conference on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered questions from reporters on President Trump's July 9 trade deal deadline, which would possibly extend his 90-day tariff pause.
00:00Thank you, Caroline. There's two, one on trade. On the July deadline that's coming up for the trade deals, is that deadline still hard and fast for the President, or is he now considering even coming to trade deals after that deadline, and where is he on that going forward?
00:15I think the President has been asked this quite a few times by many of you in the media. I've heard him answer it at press conferences and at gaggles. He just spoke about it on Air Force One.
00:23The deadline is not critical. The President can simply provide these countries with a deal if they refuse to make us one by the deadline, and that means the President can pick a reciprocal tariff rate that he believes is advantageous for the United States and for the American worker, and he will continue to do that.
00:41But as for the deals, our United States Trade Ambassador, Jameson Greer, I speak to him frequently. He's working very hard, and he has had very good and productive discussions with many of our key trading partners.
