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On the recordJuly 8, 2025
President Trump is going to be sending letters to some of our trading partners saying that if you don’t move things along, then on August 1, you will boomerang back to your April 2 tariff levels.
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Scott Bessent

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Bessent outlines Trump's strategy for trade negotiations with partners.

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