Trump did not provide any timing on when Alexander is expected to be released.
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.
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.
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.
Trump announced a trade deal with the United Kingdom, but was scant on details.
"Both countries agreed the economic security is national security and we'll work together as allies to insure that we have a strong industrial base, appropriate export controls and protections for key technologies and industries like steel," he said.
The House voted to codify President Donald Trump’s Gulf of America executive order by a vote of 211-206. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska was the only Republican to vote against the measure.
The bill heads to the Senate where its future is uncertain since bipartisan support is required, and Leader John Thune has not indicated whether he’ll put the measure on the floor for a vote.
Beyond the committee chairs managing the floor debate, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene – flanked by a map labeling the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America – was the only Republican to speak in support of the legislation.
Meanwhile, several Democrats, including Leader Hakeem Jeffries “strongly” urged lawmakers to vote against “this small-minded, silly and sycophantic bill” during floor debate.
“Republicans have decided to spend this entire legislative day doing is to debate a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico. Now, in some ways the American people can be thankful,” Jeffries added.
-ABC News' Lauren Peller
