On April 8, according to the WSJ, US Treasury Secretary Bessent stated that the Trump administration is open to reaching an agreement on lower lowtartariffs and denied that market sell-the White House changed its approach due to market>that visited in weekend and urged him to change his about tarBessent denied. He said: "I want to say that negotiations are the result of a large number of incoming calls for negotiations." "to "has nothing to do with the market."p Bessent said: "I think you will see some countries countries with huge trade deficits will out soon." "If they come to the negotiating table with reliable proposals, I think we can ultimately reach some good agreements." Bessent added that that that an agreement is some tariffs may remain unchanged.