US Has Spoken to 90 Countries on Trade, Tariffs: Commerce Secretary

‘They all want to make deals,’ President Trump said. ‘But they’re going to be fair deals. They’re not going to be rip-off deals.’

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaks to reporters at the White House on April 9, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times

The Trump administration has spoken to at least 90 countries to negotiate trade deals after the president recently imposed sweeping baseline and reciprocal tariffs, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on April 23.

During an executive order signing ceremony in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump asked Lutnick how many countries had reached out to broker trade deals. The secretary said 90 U.S. trading partners had contacted the administration so far.