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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, declared this Wednesday that his Administration will inform "in a week and a half, two weeks" to its trading partners, establishing unilateral tariffs, before the deadline of July 9 when the "reciprocal" taxes come into effect.

"We are going to send letters in about a week and a half, two weeks, to the countries, telling them what the agreement is. At some point, we will just send letters. And I think they will understand, telling them 'this is the deal, you can take it or leave it. You do not have to make use of it. You do not have to buy in the United States, as I already said,'" he stated to the press from the Kennedy Center in Washington, where he attended a show.

The occupant of the White House has reiterated that his Administration is "dealing with quite a few countries and they all want to reach an agreement with us," although he has ruled out that an extension of the deadline for the entry into force of the taxes is a "necessity."

The American leader already indicated in mid-May that he would set tariff rates, also within a "two or three-week" timeframe since then. A month earlier, he announced an increase in tariffs on dozens of trading partners, although he decided to pause them for 90 days while the markets collapsed and investors feared that these would provoke a global recession.