President Trump indicated his administration might issue letters to trading partners, outlining unilateral tariff rates before the July 9 deadline. Deals with the UK and Vietnam have been announced, ...

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The Trump administration has warned of high unilateral tariff rates as Japan, South Korea and the EU scrambled to negotiate.

Trump said that because it’s difficult to make deals with over 170 countries, the US will now send letters to 10 countries at a time.

President Trump said he preferred to notify most countries of a specific tariff rate, skipping detailed negotiations.