Trump gives countries Wednesday deadline for ‘best offer’ on trade talks

WASHINGTON — President Trump has given countries a Wednesday deadline to make their best offers on trade — with the White House calling it a "deadline" to submit offers to avoid massive reciprocal tariffs due to take effect on July 8. The office of the US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer sent a letter, first reported Monday by Reuters, "to all of our trading partners just to give them a friendly reminder that the deadline is coming up," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed at her Tuesday briefing. Greer, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick "are in…