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United States Plans a New Framework for Trade Negotiations

According to Odaily, U.S. trade officials are preparing to use a new framework developed by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to streamline negotiations on reciprocal tariffs. This framework outlines key categories for discussion, such as tariffs and quotas, non-tariff trade barriers, digital trade, rules of origin, economic security, and other trade issues. Within these categories, U.S. officials will present specific demands to individual countries, although the document may be modified as necessary.

Insiders indicate that the United States plans to enter negotiations with 18 major trading partners over the next two months. The initial plan includes rotating discussions with six countries each week over three weeks, continuing this cycle until the deadline on July 8. If U.S. President Donald Trump does not extend the 90-day comment period he established, countries that fail to reach an agreement by the deadline will face reciprocal tariffs.