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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday that President Donald Trump will sign an order delaying the July 9 tariff deadline.

"The president will also sign an executive order today delaying the July 9 deadline to Aug. 1," she said. "So, the reciprocal tariff rate or these new rates that will be provided in this correspondence to these foreign leaders, will be going out the door within the next month or deals will be made."

"And those countries continue to negotiate with the United States. We've seen a lot of positive developments in the right direction. But the administration, the president and his trade team want to cut the best deals for the American people and the American worker. That's what they're focused on. And in the effort of transparency, these letters will continue to be posted to Truth Social. So you can enjoy them yourself."

Trump already delayed the high tariff rates against dozens of U.S. trade partners that he rolled out on April 2 until Wednesday.

The U.S. will put in place a 25% tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea starting on Aug. 1, according to letters posted by President Donald Trump on his social media platform on Monday.

Trump wrote to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung to inform them of the news, citing unfair trade balances.

"Our relationship, unfortunately, has been far from Reciprocal," the letters read.

Trump added in each letter, "We look forward to working with you as a Trading Partner for many years to come. If you wish to open your heretofore closed Trading Markets to the United States, and eliminate your Tariff, and Non Tariff, Policies and Trade Barriers, we will, perhaps, consider an adjustment to this letter."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Blair House on Monday ahead of his dinner with President Donald Trump, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.

The meeting comes as Trump has publicly expressed his desire to finalize a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas this week.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa

As time ticks on President Donald Trump's Wednesday tariff deadline, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed the administration would be making "several announcements in the next 48 hours."

"We are going to have several announcements in the next 48 hours. And Joe, I think what President Trump is concerned about is the quality of the deals, not the quantity, as you could imagine," he said during an appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box.

Bessent claimed that his inbox has been full of offers after Trump elevated his threats to re-impose reciprocal tariff rates.

But similar to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Bessent noted that Aug. 1 would be the day when the rates actually go into effect.

"So it's going to be a busy couple of days," Bessent said. "But importantly too that President Trump has said that they would the countries would not go back to the reciprocal rate until Aug. 1."

Asked about the trade letters Trump claims he will be sending to America's trading partners starting on Monday, Bessent called them "standard" letters with an option to continue negotiations. Bessent also previewed a meeting with Chinese officials "in the next couple of weeks" to advance trade talks.