Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Kevin Hassett teased trade deals with Asia.
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00:00Well, Trump just posted that there's a few great trade deals in the harbor.
00:07Can you give us any glimpse at what trade deals might be coming next beyond U.K.?
00:12There are about two dozen right now, and the question of what the priority is, I think, is up to the president.
00:20And I think that Howard Lutnick and Jameson Greer have suggested that they might be moving towards getting a good deal in Asia.
00:27And there are a number of candidates for that.
00:30And that way we're kind of getting trade deals all around the world, and I think they like the look of that.
00:34But the president in the end will decide, and he's got lots to choose from to put the next deal is.
00:39But again, the interesting thing is that they're kind of bespoke deals.
00:42And so they really are going into the things that are the big concerns for the individual countries.
00:46And so each deal is quite a bit different.
00:48And so, you know, that's why they're coming one at a time.
00:51Do you anticipate, you said, though, that there's three negotiations right now that are close, three trade negotiations.
00:58Do you anticipate it will be for the countries in the Indo-Pacific region, like you and others have been kind of outlining India, South Korea, Japan?
01:05That would be my expectation for the next one, yeah.
01:08But, yeah, there are so many deals that are close, and some are easier than others.
01:11I think the deal with India was especially complex, but it looks like it's getting close to the finish line.
01:16Is it a war at all?
01:17Or starting out?