Difficult talks with many nations cast doubt on next week’s deadline. “We can do whatever we want,” Trump said.

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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was not thinking of extending the July 9 deadline for countries to negotiate trade deals with the U.S., and continued to express doubt that an agreement could be reached with Japan.