<p>With President Donald Trump’s latest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-lands-indonesia-trade-deal-as-e-u-readies-retaliation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deadline</a> looming, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick declared the next couple of weeks are going to be &#8220;for the record books.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lutnick provided a bullish outlook for the second part of July during a Sunday <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-lutnick-commerce-secretary-face-the-nation-transcript-07-20-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on CBS ahead of August 1 — the date Trump picked for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-lands-indonesia-trade-deal-as-e-u-readies-retaliation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">targeted countries</a> to face steeper tariffs if they fail to reach new trade agreements.</p>
<p>&#8220;The next two weeks are going to be weeks for the record books,&#8221; Lutnick told &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; anchor Margaret Brennan. &#8220;President Trump is going to deliver for the American people.&#8221;</p>
<p>Over the past couple of months, following &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221; in April, the Trump administration has struck framework agreements with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-unveils-terms-of-done-trade-deal-with-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a>, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/both-countries-will-become-stronger-trumps-trade-deal-will-give-u-s-more-access-to-u-k-economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Kingdom</a>, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-lands-indonesia-trade-deal-as-e-u-readies-retaliation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indonesia</a>.</p>
<p>Even though CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-poll-trump-deportation-program-prices/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> the results of a poll finding 61% of Americans feel the Trump administration is focusing &#8220;too much&#8221; on tariffs, Lutnick argued they will &#8220;love the deals&#8221; that he and Trump are working to put together.</p>
<p>&#8220;The president figured out the right answer, and sent letters to these countries, said this is going to fix the trade deficit,&#8221; Lutnick asserted. &#8220;This will go a long way to fixing the trade deficit, and that&#8217;s gotten these countries to the table and they&#8217;re going to open their markets or they&#8217;re going to pay the tariff.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lutnick said the Trump administration will impose &#8220;a baseline tariff of 10%&#8221; on “smaller countries&#8221; in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. &#8220;And then the bigger economies will either open themselves up, or they’ll pay a fair tariff to America for not opening themselves up and treating America unfairly.&#8221;</p>
<p>When it comes to the European Union, the commerce secretary said there is &#8220;plenty of room&#8221; for the United States to finalize a new trade agreement. &#8220;I am confident we’ll get a deal done,&#8221; Lutnick contended, though he conceded August 1 is a &#8220;hard deadline&#8221; for the bloc.</p>
<p>However, &#8220;nothing stops countries from talking&#8221; after that date, he said, even as &#8220;they’re going to start paying tariffs.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lutnick also stressed that Trump is &#8220;absolutely going to renegotiate&#8221; the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) when it reaches a review period next summer.</p>
<p>&#8220;He wants to protect American jobs,&#8221; Lutnick said of the president. &#8220;He doesn&#8217;t want cars built in Canada or Mexico when they could be built in Michigan and Ohio. It&#8217;s just better for American workers. The president&#8217;s got the American workers&#8217; back.&#8221;</p>
<p>The secretary went on, &#8220;That&#8217;s why they elected him. That&#8217;s why the stock market is at all-time highs. They understand the president actually understands business and is doing it the right way.&#8221;</p>
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