President Donald Trump is threatening to impose higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States over what he claims is the country’s unwillingness to buy American-grown rice.

Japan will not sacrifice the agricultural sector as part of its tariff talks with the United States, its top negotiator said on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump complained that the key Asian ally was not buying American rice.

South Africa has asked for more time to negotiate a trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration before his higher tariff regime goes into effect on July 9, Pretoria's trade ministry said on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump said he doesn’t think he’ll need to extend the July 9 trade deadline he has imposed on countries to secure deals with the US to avoid higher tariffs.

Rather than uniting Republicans behind a core economic message heading into 2026, the legislation has become a political headache.

By Nandita Bose and Kritika Lamba WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday renewed his criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill, vowing to unseat lawmakers who backed it after campaigning on limiting government spending.

According to President Donald Trump, the U.S. finally found a buyer for TikTok. While discussing global trade deals with Fox News, Trump pivoted the conversation to TikTok, boasting that he has finally found a buyer who could keep the video-sharing app from being banned in the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that he had found a buyer for TikTok, a group of "very wealthy people" who he will reveal in about two weeks. Trump made the remarks in an interview on Fox News Channel's "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo".