
(NAFB.com) – Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins predicted that some new deals could be reached on trade tariffs as soon as the end of this week. Reuters says President Donald Trump imposed a ten percent baseline tariff on all imports into the U.S. and higher duties on other countries that include some of America’s largest trade partners. China retaliated on U.S. tariffs with some of its own, so the White House said Tuesday that 104 percent duties on Chinese imports would begin shortly after midnight Wednesday. That announcement came out as the administration moved quickly to start talks with other trading partners targeted by tariffs. “I believe, sincerely, it’s going to be sooner rather than later,” Rollins said Tuesday. “I believe we’ll be hearing about new deals being struck, perhaps by the end of this week.” She added that 70 countries had already reached out to talk trade and tariffs with the U.S.