<div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><b>Politico Weekly Trade</b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Monday, April 14, 2025</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">...</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(183,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-family:sans-serif"><strong style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">— U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said trade deals could be reached within the next few weeks</strong>,</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px"> even as some countries cast doubt on Trump’s 90-day timeline.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(183,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-family:sans-serif"><strong style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">— United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer suspended tariffs on 89 products</strong></span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px"> as the country pursues a new trade deal with the United States.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">…</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><p style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:24px;line-height:24px"><strong style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">PREPARE FOR DEAL-MAKING: </strong>Greer in the interview floated that trade deals with select partners could be coming together in the short term, saying “I think we're going to be there with several countries in the next few weeks."</p><p style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:24px;line-height:24px"><strong style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">State of play: </strong>The White House is in serious talks on reciprocal tariffs with only a select number of countries — Vietnam, India, South Korea and Japan — prioritizing existing trading partners that are strategic to countering China.</p><p style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:24px;line-height:24px"><strong style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Despite the upbeat assessment from Greer,</strong> the White House’s approach has left most countries in the dark about how to permanently stave off Trump's tariffs.</p><p style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:24px;line-height:24px">Even some nations actively engaged in negotiations have expressed confusion about the administration’s priorities and have cast doubt on whether a 90-day timeline is realistic, at which point Trump’s planned reciprocal tariffs are scheduled to snap back into force.</p><p style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:24px;line-height:24px">“We really don’t know what the Trump administration wants,” said one diplomat from an Asian country, who is close to the negotiations.</p></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">…</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><p style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:24px;line-height:24px"><strong style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">UK’S OFFERING: </strong>United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer is suspending tariffs on 89 products as part of a wider effort to protect British firms from Trump's tariffs, <a href="https://url4027.email.politico.com/ss/c/u001.6g0Zd3AyneOViJYBXgbV6wrEf3wYRX0IRoGb1DrQ8FFocZvms5LWrcq4rUmAGRks4tuizqyrXTdoPvNFO6xax8_0Fy_7Faz6l3Bm7YlJTuhIUm-4nCxPFSOBySCOJTlQ65KMx41SNlt3EYUM7OOKtw/4fn/jFrHFAeHQoe9lyvn6eCUCg/h14/h001.Uih2P3CjHThxX4bA_uRvm8QMBS6IfZRJT7vgMLxdJPQ" target="_blank">POLITICO Europe reports.</a> The move is sure to please the American president and comes as both countries <a href="https://url4027.email.politico.com/ss/c/u001.lWesBdxv006jasBZWiiGk9P_ybPe2CGyS-6CLrg5BxYWkXV4TejjmX9mNkoHKTH4rbDv80R8KnOSSnBhw_gBQGuvu5y8Ae1CCUkHVItPNvvqGTSd-bTffxHBIOqecE2QVlPXPnz0XiwQns6J1zfeow/4fn/jFrHFAeHQoe9lyvn6eCUCg/h15/h001.F_eBh2-rFNBkWysnUoApxU3x3h0O5jSaQyP-LLtMc88" target="_blank">tout progress toward a trade agreement</a> that could stave off Trump’s tariffs.</p><p style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:24px;line-height:24px"><strong style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Timeline: </strong>The <a href="https://url4027.email.politico.com/ss/c/u001.6g0Zd3AyneOViJYBXgbV682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