Trump says US will unilaterally set new tariff rates for scores of countries
by Richard Partington senior economics correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6XAYC)
President says letters revealing rates will be sent out within weeks as Washington lacks capacity for individual deals
Donald Trump has said the US will send letters to some of its trading partners to unilaterally impose new tariff rates, suggesting that Washington lacks the capacity to reach individual trade deals.
Highlighting the challenge for the White House to negotiate deals with scores of countries at once, Trump said it was not possible to meet the number of people that want to see us".
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