Press Sec: 18 Trade Proposals From Foreign Countries So Far

Spoke to our entire trade team this morning. There is a lot of progress being made. We now have 18 proposals on paper that have been brought to the trade team. Again, these are proposals on paper that countries have proposed to the Trump administration and to our government. You have Secretary Bessant, Secretary Lutnick, Ambassador Greer, NEC Director Hassett and Peter Navarro. The entire trade team meeting with 34 countries this week alone. We are moving at Trump speed to ensure these deals are made on behalf of the American worker and the American. And just yesterday it seemed to get a little bit lost in the news and I think it's a disservice to the American public that it did. The vice President announced terms of reference for a trade deal with India. That is a big deal. We know when we look at the numbers, the monetary trade barriers and the non monetary trade barriers from India, they have been ripping off the United States and American workers for a very long time. So the fact that the vice President, with Prime Minister Modi on that trip in India, announced these terms of reference, which is essentially a framework to move the ball forward to sign a good trade deal between our two nations, is great progress. And it speaks to the work ethic and the real labor that's being put into this effort by the President's trade team.