During Thursday’s State Department press briefing, Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott answered questions about tariff negotiations.
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00:00Is the Secretary going to Istanbul as a Secretary of State or as a National Security
00:06Advisor?
00:07And is there any chance that he is going to meet with Russian delegation?
00:10MR PRICE- Well, again, the Secretary spoke to that just recently.
00:13I refer you to his comments on that.
00:15Nothing further to that.
00:16Yes.
00:18A high-level meeting of trade ministers from major countries is being held today on Jeju
00:27Island, South Korea, ahead of the APEC summit to be held in Gyeongju, South Korea, in October
00:36and November.
00:37Is there a possibility that additional U.S. and South Korea follow after U.S. and China
00:46by rather additional parts will be held?
00:49MR PRICE- Well, what I can say is that the President has been clear he wants to strike
00:53deals that benefit the American people.
00:55And when we see that, that also benefits our relationships with other countries.
00:59We're seeing benefits that help both in our bilateral relationship and that.
01:03So nothing to preview on a specific agreement.
01:04But I will say I think this is a testament to the fact of the President's agenda, the
01:08fact that we have seen historic deals that have been brokered by the President that are
01:12already yielding results for the American people.
01:14We've seen inflation come down, gas and grocery prices falling.
01:17We've seen investments entering the United States.
01:20Of course, the major announcements we also see, and in terms of investment in the Middle
01:24East this week, but also in general, we're seeing a flood of investment into the United
01:28States.
01:29We're seeing that benefit for the American worker.
01:30And again, by putting that American worker first, the American people first, that leads
01:34to deals that benefit both countries in the sense of trade agreements.
01:38So again, we've seen countries come to the table and the President is the best dealmaker
01:42in the world.