> UPDATE: Latest progress on US trade deals with 90 countries

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With only days remaining before the 90-day pause on President Donald Trump's Liberation Day tariffs expires, the administration has yet to unveil even a fraction of the trade deals that were promised at the outset.

Members of his cabinet initially aimed to secure "90 deals in 90 days," but are now poised to fall short of this goal, having only secured one bona fide deal, a single set of preliminary agreements, while hinting that a handful more are on their way.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said early on that "more than 75" nations had approached the administration to this end, later stating that negotiations would focus on "18 important trading partners."

But so far, the United Kingdom is the only country to cement a deal with the U.S.—heralded as "historic" by both leaders—under which its goods will be subject to a 10 percent tariff when entering the U.S., with 100,000 British cars per year tariffed at this rate rather than the 25 percent duty on cars announced by Trump in April.

The U.S. and China have also agreed on preliminary trade terms and a framework for further negotiations.

However, far from new, mutually advantageous trading terms, snags in negotiations have also seen certain countries facing even harsher trading restrictions than before the pause. After criticizing Japan's reluctance to accept U.S. rice exports, which Tokyo considers a threat to its agricultural sector, Trump said he was considering imposing a tariff of "30 percent of 35 percent" on Japan's imports if a deal is not struck before next week's deadline, well above the original, 24-percent reciprocal rate.