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I am optimistic that (on) April 2, some of the tariffs may not have to go on because a deal is pre-negotiated or once countries receive their reciprocal tariff number, right after that, they will come to us and want to negotiate it down,
Either the trade friction that these other countries have come down, and we get fair trade, and if they don't follow President Trump's lead, then he will raise the tariff wall,
The intent is to enact tariffs on April 2,
What’s going to happen on April 2 — each country will receive a number that we believe that represents their tariffs,
Mr. Bessent said in an interview on Fox Business on Tuesday morning President Trump, as only he can do, has created a win-win situation,
We are going to go to them and say, 'Look, here's where we think the tariff levels are, non-tariff barriers, currency manipulation, unfair funding, labor suppression, and if you will stop this, we will not put up the tariff wall,
Bessent said of trading partners [G ... G]oing into April 2 and already now, we've seen some of our most imbalanced trading partners come forward and want to drop their tariffs,
Well, look, they don't have to because I believe especially with the China tariffs that China's manufacturers, they will eat the VAT [value-added tax], will eat the price or eat the tariffs,
April 2 is an important day. But I would also tell everyone to look what happens from April 2 to, say, June 30 as the other countries come down too,
