Greer: USTR focused on finalizing current deals but open to new offers

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Friday that his office is prioritizing finalizing and implementing already-announced trade deals over continuing negotiations with countries that missed President Trump’s Aug. 1 deadline to avert new, higher tariffs, although they will listen to new proposals from “any country that wants to talk to us.” During an Aug. 1 interview with Bloomberg News , Greer said he was not focused on negotiating with countries that missed the deadline. Rather, he said, USTR is “really...