Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration’s agenda for trade agreements could get wrapped up by the Labor Day holiday, indicating some negotiations are likely to extend past the upcoming July deadline for elevated reciprocal tariffs.

The U.S. hopes to wrap up trade talks with more than a dozen nations by the start of September, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, implying that the administration isn't holding to the July 9 deadline that it originally set to conclude negotiations,

The U.S. could have the balance of its important trade deals done by Labor Day, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday. Why it matters: That would be a softer deadline than the early July target President Trump set when he paused the sweeping global tariffs in April.