US Has Spoken to 90 Countries on Trade, Tariffs: Commerce Secretary

The Trump administration has spoken to at least 90 countries to negotiate trade deals after the president recently imposed sweeping baseline and reciprocal tariffs, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on April 23. During an executive order signing ceremony in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump asked Lutnick how many countries had reached out to broker trade deals. The secretary said 90 U.S. trading partners had contacted the administration so far. “They all want to make deals,” the president said. “But they’re going to be fair deals. They’re not going to be rip-off deals.” Trump told reporters that for countries that fail to reach deals, the administration will set a rate....