President Donald Trump reiterated Wednesday that he intends to send only one letter by informing more than 150 countries about the duties they will face.

“Everything will be the same for all in this group,” Trump told reporters Wednesday during a meeting with Prince Bahrain’s successor Salman bin Hamad al -Khalifa at the White House. “They are not big countries and they do not do so many jobs. Not like the ones we have agreed with, such as China, Japan. “

At the moment, all countries pay an additional 10% basic duty set by Trump in April. Trump had previously stated that this new basic duty could rise to 15 to 20%, but did not report a duty rate on Wednesday.

Trump has already sent about two dozen letters informing individual trade partners such as the European Union, Japan and South Korea about the tariff rate they will face from August 1st.

This has triggered a strong final stage of negotiations, in which the target countries are trying to persuade the Trump government to provide them with a more favorable deal.

At the same time, there is still skepticism over whether the new duties will come into force on August 1, due to the potential impacts they could have on the economy and ultimately on Trump’s acceptance rates.

Countries that represented more than 3% of the total US trade deficit in 2024, which have not yet received a letter, include Taiwan, Switzerland and India.

Trump sent mixed messages on Wednesday on reaching an agreement with India, initially saying: ‘We have another [συμφωνία] That comes, maybe with India. I don’t know. We are in negotiation. ” Shortly afterwards, however, he said: “We are very close to an agreement with India, where their doors will open.”

The US president said the United States is still negotiating with Japan, an important trading partner that has threatened 25%, but implied that he did not believe that agreement would be reached. “I think we will probably keep our commitments with Japan,” he said.