“We can do whatever we want”

president Donald Trump He may not comply with the deadline in early July, when massive U.S. tariffs will take effect in many countries, said Friday.

“No, we can do whatever we want,” Trump said at the White House when asked if his deadline was stalked. “We can expand it. We can make it short.”

The issue, especially on July 9, is the deadline for negotiations between the United States and the EU on a trade agreement, or triggers a 50% EU import tax rate.

But the president’s answer seems to refer to the July 8 deadline, when he paused for three months in the self-described “mutual tariffs” of many countries, returning specific tariff rates to initial, higher levels.

Although Trump’s flexibility with dates is obvious, Executive Order Unless officially updated, his signature on April 9 is inflexible.

The order lowers Trump’s specific country-specific tariffs to a 90-day comprehensive rate of 10%, and specifies temporary probation to last only three months.

Unless Trump revises his order, the full tariff will return to its high prices within 12 days.

This could have a significant impact on a range of U.S. trading partners and risk repeating the global economic turmoil caused by Trump’s initial tariff rates on April 2.

Trump has introduced a large number of import responsibilities (some up to 50%) in his so-called “Liberation Day” to blind countries.

Following closely behind is the criticism and alertness of highly volatile markets, investors, world leaders and importers. A week later, Trump announced a 90-day pause to the new tariff rate.

The White House initially suggested in April that it would enter into personal trade deals with dozens of countries in the following months.

However, with less than two weeks left in the 90-day interim period, the White House has so far reached limited trade agreements with China and the UK.

Both transactions are described as more similar to frame Not the final deal. Beijing’s Commerce Ministry said earlier on Friday that China and the United States have Confirmed details The trade framework agreed by the two sides in previous negotiations.

“We’ve reached an agreement with about four or five different countries, but we have 200 countries, you can say 200 countries.

“So at some point, around next week and a half, or before, we’re going to send a letter, we’ve talked to a lot of countries, we’re going to tell them what they need to do business in the U.S., and that’s going to grow very quickly,” Trump said.

Trump’s latest comments follow other recent suggestions from administration officials that the July tariff deadline is fluid.

“Maybe it can be expanded, but it’s the decision made by the president,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.

In late May, the Federal Trade Court knock down The tariffs, ruled that Trump invoked their laws did not grant him the authority to claim to do so. But it’s the federal The Court of Appeal stopped A ruling that takes effect.