White House hints at US-UK trade deal as announcements coming 'very soon'

The White House has revealed that the US will announce new trade deals with other countries very soon. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered the major update during a press conference on Tuesday where she said the US was "actively considering 15 trade deals". She said: "More than 75 countries have reached out.

"There's a lot of work to do. We very much understand that. But we do believe that we can announce some deals very soon."

She said the White House was actively considering 15 trade deals, and Mr Trump's team was working to "cut these good trade deals," but the president himself "wants to personally sign off on all of these deals, too".

She added: "There have been many talks with countries. We've had more than 15 deals, pieces of paper, put on the table - proposals that are actively being considered."

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