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Last Updated: May 11, 2025, 7:01 PM EDT

The White House said on Sunday that it reached a trade deal with China as the two countries negotiated for a second day in Switzerland. China has yet to comment on Sunday's talks.

"We’re confident that the deal we struck with our Chinese partners will help us to work toward resolving that national emergency,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters in Geneva. But Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said "substantial progress" had been made but stopped short of touting a full deal.

On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with the United Kingdom -- the first in what the White House said it hopes will be a flurry of agreements while the reciprocal tariff pause is in effect. With UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on speaker phone in the Oval Office, the leaders conceded that they are still working out the details of the agreement.

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May 08, 2025, 11:19 AM EDT

Trump, Starmer both note that trade deal is being worked out

During the news conference, Trump and Starmer emphasized that the trade deal between their nations is not finalized.

"The final details are being written up," Trump said.

"And yes, we could iron out some of the details, but fantastic platform here, including on the tech side where I think I can say we are the only two western countries with trillion-dollar sectors when it comes to tech," the prime minister later said.

May 08, 2025, 11:16 AM EDT

UK can send 100K cars and pay baseline tariff: Lutnick

Lutnick said one of the major aspects of the trade deal agreement involves automobile imports.

The U.K. will be allowed to export 100,000 cars to the U.S. and just pay the baseline 10% tariff.

"That protects their car industry and remember, we do 16 million cars a year. This is only .6%," he said.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaks, as President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance listen as a trade deal with United Kingdom in announced in the Oval Office of the White House, May 8, 2025, in Washington.
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May 08, 2025, 11:07 AM EDT

Lutnick gives more details on trade deal, 10% tariff remains

Lutnick provided more details on the trade deal with the U.K. and said the U.S. will open up more market access.

"Ethanol, beef, machinery, all the agricultural products, they have agreed to open their markets and that will add $5 billion of opportunity to American export," he claimed.

Lutnick did say that the 10% baseline tariff will remain on the U.K.

A poster is seen as President Donald Trump makes an announcement about a trade deal with the U.K., in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, May 8, 2025.
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May 08, 2025, 11:01 AM EDT

On phone, Starmer praises framework of trade deal

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was not at the Oval Office for the trade deal announcement but joined it via a speaker phone.

Starmer did not provide any more details, which he said they needed to hammer out, but praised Trump for their countries' partnership.

"I think it is a real tribute to the history that we have of working so closely together," he said.

"We finalized it and built an incredible platform for the future," the prime minister added.

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