“Everyone says ‘When, when, when are you going to sign deals?’ We don’t have to sign deals. We could sign 25 deals right now if we wanted to. We don’t have to sign deals. They have to sign deals with us. They want our market. We don’t want a piece of their market. We don’t care about their market.”
— President Trump, quoted by the New York Times, on trade deals his administration is supposedly negotiating.
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President Donald Trump plans to announce details of a trade agreement with the United Kingdom Thursday morning, according to two people familiar with the agreement, granted anonymity to share not-yet-public details.
Specifics of the agreement were not immediately available. But the pact would represent a significant step forward for the United States, which has been mired in negotiations with dozens of countries since slapping hefty tariffs on its global trading partners last month. It also signals that similar agreements could be on the horizon with other countries…
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The UK is the 5th Largest US Trade partner….