Trump trade deadline of July 9 'not critical': White House

President Donald Trump could widen his upcoming self-imposed tariff intermission deadline, the White House said Thursday.

That July 9 trade-deal deadline "is not critical," property caput Karoline Leavitt told reporters during a briefing.

"The president tin simply supply these countries with a woody if they garbage to marque america 1 by the deadline," Leavitt said, "and that means the president tin prime a reciprocal tariff complaint that helium believes is advantageous for the United States and for the American worker."

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