The administration says foreign governments are racing to the United States to negotiate, but exactly which countries might strike a deal — and over what — remains unclear.

The president further raised already steep tariffs on China, saying that Beijing should not have retaliated against his earlier trade actions.

President Trump’s next round of tariffs on major trading partners went into effect just after midnight, bringing levies on China to at least 104 percent.

Jamieson Greer, the United States trade representative, told senators the U.S. is economy is in need of “drastic, overdue change.”