President of the United States Donald Trump arrives at Huis ten Bosch Palace for a dinner ahead of the Nato Summit 2025 on June 24, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands.
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President Donald Trump could extend his upcoming self-imposed tariff pause deadline, the White House said Thursday.
That July 9 trade-deal deadline “is not critical,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters during a briefing.
“The president can simply provide these countries with a deal if they refuse to make us one by the deadline,” Leavitt said, “and that means the president can pick a reciprocal tariff rate that he believes is advantageous for the United States and for the American worker.”
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