Odaily News U.S. Treasury Secretary Jeff Bessant said on Wednesday that the Trump administration is willing to extend the current 90-day tariff suspension beyond July 9 as long as major U.S. trading partners show "good faith" in current negotiations. Bessant said at a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee in Washington that the United States has 18 "important trading partners" with which the Trump administration is working to reach an agreement. For those countries and trade groups (such as the European Union) that are "negotiating in good faith," it is "very likely" that the United States will "extend the deadline to continue good faith negotiations." He also said, "If someone is not negotiating, then we are not negotiating." Trump administration officials have not yet indicated that they are willing to extend the tariff suspension if "agreement terms" are not reached before the tariff suspension expires. Bessant's speech suggests that the Trump administration may be more inclined to change the deadline it set as the deadline approaches.