Trump hails trade deals amid report the US will send letters to about 150 countries setting out new tariffs – US politics live

<p>President claims he has made agreements worth more than $200bn with the UAE; US to send letters over next few weeks telling countries their new rates</p><p><strong>Donald Trump has said the US will be sending letters over the next two to three weeks to set out new tariffs with about 150 countries.</strong></p><p>CBS News’s Weijia Jiang <a href="https://x.com/weijia/status/1923294342661165297">reported on X</a> that the letters will alert countries how much they will have to pay, while “negotiations for potential new trade deals continue for now”.</p><p>Trump said that, while “150 countries” wanted to agree deals, “it’s not possible to meet the number of people that want to see us”. The Trump administration has scaled back many of the tariffs Trump announced on his so-called liberation day on April 2 to 10 per cent for many of its trading partners for a 90-day period.</p><p>It has also struck a deal with the UK this month to provide tariff relief for products such as steel and cars, as well as jointly announcing duty reductions with China this week. In addition, Washington has been carrying out negotiations with the EU, Japan, India and other countries.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/may/16/donald-trump-gulf-tax-bill-medicaid-us-politics-live-updates">Continue reading...</a>