Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday on ABC’s “Meet the Press” that the Trump administration’s trade negotiations with several Asian countries are “moving along very well.”
Host Martha Raddatz said, “Let’s talk about the Time interview with President Trump. He said that he has made 200 deals on tariffs. 200 deals? Who has he made deals with? Is there actually any deal at this point?”
Bessent replied, “I believe that he is referring to sub-deals within the negotiations we’re doing.”
Raddatz said, “But those aren’t actual deals.”
Bessent said, “Martha, if there are 180 countries and 18 important trading partners, let’s put China to the side because that is a special negotiation. There are 17 important trading partners, and we have a process in place over
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