U.S. will send tariffs letters in coming days, deals not needed, Trump says
Source: Axios
7 hours ago
A looming deadline to make trade deals doesn't necessarily matter, President Trump said Sunday, because the U.S. will simply send letters to hundreds of countries assigning tariff rates.
Why it matters: The pause on Trump's sweeping global tariffs expires in about 10 days, with one deal and one temporary truce in hand, and the rest of the world in varying states of limbo.
What they're saying: "We made deals, but I'd rather just send them a letter, a very fair letter, saying 'congratulations, we're going to allow you to trade in the United States of America, you're going to pay a 25% tariff, or 20%, or 40 or 50%.' I would rather do that," Trump said on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures."
Asked about extending the pause, Trump said "I don't think I'll need to. I could, there's no big deal." "What I wanted to do is, and what I will do just sometime prior to the 9th is we'll send a letter to all these countries," he added.
How it works: "I'm going to send letters. That's the end of the trade deal," Trump said, giving U.S. ally Japan as an example.
"Dear Mr. Japan, here's the story. You're going to pay a 25% tariff on your cars," he said. Trump said letters would go out "pretty soon" and that "we don't have to meet. We understand, we have all the numbers."
Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/06/29/trump-tariffs-pause
But I thought there were already "200 deals"?

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dweller
(26,764 posts)🌮
Asked about extending the pause, Trump said "I don't think I'll need to. I could, there's no big deal
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Lovie777
(19,098 posts)while laughing.
Being the laughing stock of the world, total embarrassment, the incompetence un-qualification of the whole republican party, but one thing for sure, the present republican party are plain evil and quite dangerous.
bucolic_frolic
(51,113 posts)even if his head is made of cement.
Doodley
(11,143 posts)travelingthrulife
(2,776 posts)DENVERPOPS
(12,776 posts)none of the countries would "deal" with him, so he is just imposing his will on all of them. Typical Trump.........
A great number of the countries are already doing "work arounds", Canada is leading the charge.
They are just helping each other, and ignoring that the U.S. even exists........
Putin, these days, is walking around full time with a "woodie".......with a smile on his face that couldn't be pried off with a crowbar.......
Marie Marie
(10,267 posts)He thinks the world leaders are as weak as the Republican Congress. They are not and have gotten used to his bullying and have all decided not to play along. Except for that one who called him "Daddy" Still not sure WTF that was about.
erronis
(20,396 posts)"Talk to the hand"
"Is that your mouth or your anus talking?" (Or spewings from Stevie Miller and putine?)
"Talk to us tomorrow when you've taken your pills."
enid602
(9,473 posts)I wonder how Trump will respond when those 200 countries will respond to Dear Mr. USA by saying that their countries will assess a tax (equal to tariffs charged) on all Services coming from the US.
DENVERPOPS
(12,776 posts)of the top 1% won't be harmed or inconvenienced at all........just everyone in the other 99% will be shoved down into a lower-lower class.......
Trump is trying for another first place........worse depression that the Great Depression......
Bend over America...........
ZDU
(487 posts)... it's an illness that has a deep impact upon all of us
Dem2theMax
(10,738 posts)and in unison, say 'FUCK YOU' to Trump.
republianmushroom
(20,412 posts)The art of the deal just couldn't get it done.
krkaufman
(13,929 posts)I love how he pretends like sending out these letters is any different than his original unilateral proclamations Re: tariffs.
oasis
(52,413 posts)
Gimpyknee
(243 posts)Bayard
(25,746 posts)That seems to be the official means of communication from this admin.
So, he only got one deal made after all of his machinations. What an embarrassment.
Hugin
(36,379 posts)Is TACO a verb?
ForgoTheConsequence
(5,045 posts)Two weeks?
wolfie001
(5,464 posts)He's such a fat imbecile and his voter cult are all jackasses.
Ms. Toad
(37,189 posts)Karasu
(1,497 posts)MissouriDem47
(193 posts)I hope that when he sends the letters that they make sure that he doesn't use the auto pen.
truthisfreedom
(23,422 posts)Translation: Dear American consumer, since Im not president of Japan I cant tariff-tax their people, so Im tariff-taxing you instead.
angryxyouth
(259 posts)I received your letter and it was very amusing. I see you just added another 6 trillion to your national debt and since your credit rating has dropped and your obviously dont know how to run a country, I have informed my treasury department to sell all of our US bonds. It made us genuinely sad to watch you destroy the US Democracy.
Fuck You,
Mr. Japan
llmart
(16,491 posts)"I'll just send a letter."
What a freakin' imbecile.
lonely bird
(2,378 posts)Because the idiot doesnt know how to negotiate trade agreements.
I am waiting for a reporter, any reporter, to ask him why the trade agreement with Canada was so bad since HE negotiated it.
sinkingfeeling
(55,728 posts)What happens when other countries assign a tariff to US goods? Guess that'll end global trade.