Trump “Close” in some commercial deals: The highest assistant at the White House

Deputy Minister of the Treasury Michael Volgander On Monday, the Trump administration continues to “make very good progress” Commercial negotiationsAnd it is “close to the finish line on a couple” of deals.

“As long as we continue to make progress, I think you will see many of the deals that were announced before that time frame on July 9,” said Volgander in “Squawk Box”.

president Donald Trump On April 9 Temporarily stops the mutual tariff Most American commercial partners have for 90 days, prompting the implementation of sharp fees to early July.

At that time, the Trump administration He said They were aiming to close “90 deals in 90 days.”

But nearly two months after the April announcement, the White House has announced only so far A deal with Britain.

However, the best Trump consultant Indicate They are not planning to extend the deadline for 90 days.

Volgander said that the White House is looking to “conclude many of these discussions as much as possible” before the end of the stopping period for 90 days, noting that the negotiations are “sometimes complicated.”

“We want to see that we reach at least conditions of an agreement before this temporary suspension ends, as long as (commercial partners) are making progress and showing good intentions, we will continue to make progress towards announcing these deals,” he said.

“We look forward to issuing advertisements and achieve some accuracy, whether to the American people or markets, as soon as possible,” he added.

Volgander also said that the White House negotiators “continue to make very good progress in countries that must be imminent.”

The main stock indicators in the United States have opened less on MondayThe investor’s concerns about the escalation of trade tensions between the United States and China.

A tariff seems to be a tariff over the month of the months of the trade war between the two countries get rid of last month, after that Negotiations in Switzerland. But they collapsed again last week, when the Trump administration accused China Violation of an initial trade agreement By slow walking, she pledged to renew the export of critical minerals to the United States.

China pushed against Trump’s allegations on Monday, stated that the United States had undermined the Geneva deal by imposing new restrictions on Chinese student visas, among other measures.

Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Haysit On Sunday indicated that Trump and China President Xi Jinping can carry directly He speaks Just this week.