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Ben Ferguson (1:25)
Good Thursday morning. Welcome. It is the 47 Morning Update, Ben Ferguson with you. And here are the three, three big stories you need to know about. First up, Donald Trump touting major progress after trade talks with Japanese officials. The moral of the story, if you show up and you're willing to work with America, we're willing to work with you. I'll give you all those details in a moment. And comparing that story to our second one, China is now signaling a readiness for talks if the US Shows respect amid the numbers game, as some tariffs have gone to 240%. And finally, in a big story, a memo now is revealing US Plans to send migrants who are linked to organized crime to Guantanamo bay. It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now.
Ben Ferguson (2:15)
Story number one, there is a major.
Ben Ferguson (2:17)
Theme coming out of the White House with consistency and that is if you work with the Trump administration on tariffs as a foreign nation, you're going to get a very good deal. Well, the Trump Administration, we're now being told, is working with dozens of countries in direct negotiations on new trade deals. There's one big success story that's coming out of the White House. President Trump, we are now being told, met with Japanese officials at the White House yesterday to discuss trade negotiations. And his quick reaction on social media afterwards suggested a very positive result. Quote, a great honor to have met with the Japanese delegation on trade. Big progress. He was also joined by the Treasury Secretary, Scott Besant and the Commerce Secretary, Howard Letnick. The talks were scheduled after Trump announced he would impose tariffs on the island nation. Now, Trump previously confirmed that he would attend the meetings and that discussion topics would include the cost of military support and also, quote, trade fairness. The United States and Japan have had a decades long military alliance formed in the aftermath of World War II. Thousands of American troops are also stationed on Japanese soil, a majority of them on a military base in Okinawa. Trump also said last night, quote, hopefully something can be worked out which is great for Japan and the U.S. now, this month, Trump announced a 10% baseline tariff on nearly every country in the world, but added higher reciprocal tariffs on a number of significant trading partners. This included Japan, Vietnam, the European Union, China and others. Later, he announced a 90 day pause on the higher tariffs for every country except China which was hit with a total rate of 145% and some categories higher than that overall. Now, the higher tariffs on imports from China were needed. Trump said in his announcement, suspending the other duties because the Chinese regime has taken advantage of the United States for decades on trade. The Chinese regime has responded by imposing higher tariffs on U. S Products, which we'll get to more on that in just a moment in story two. But the big news here is this. Even Besant had said that there is, quote, a first mover advantage given that Washington has stated that more than 75 countries now have requested direct talks. Japanese prime minister said on April 14 that his country, quote, won't rush to reach a deal and does not plan to make, quote, big concessions, although he said he would not impose countermeasures on U.S. tariffs. Well, some of this may be posturing because what we're seeing coming out of the White House is significant, that this country, America and Japan are clearly looking to get a deal done soon. We also are being told that about 15 countries so far have submitted proposals on trade. That is coming from the press secretary, Caroline Levitt. She also noted that dozens more countries have reached out to the White House and are looking to sit down as soon as possible. Her exact Timeline, she said, is as quickly as we can put people at the table. And the proposals that we're getting are actively being considered. As we've said consistently, there are more than 75 countries that have reached out and those that reached out first with the best deals are those that are sitting down with us. Quickly.