TMTPOST -- U.S.   President Donald Trump   on Friday signaled   much   more trading partners would   face   new tariffs imposed by his administration, and doubted the outlook of   a   trade   deal   with Canada by the August   1 deadline.

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Trump   said he expected   to letters dictating tariff rates for around   additional   200 countries   in the coming days, and he viewed   most rates   as essentially settled at this   point.   The president made remarks   before departing on a trip to his golf course in Scotland, where   he   planned   to   meet the British prime minister Keir Starmer   on Saturday.  

Trump   played down   the idea   that Britain would be able   to trade   an elimination of their digital services tax for further reductions to steel and aluminum tariffs.   "If I do it for one, I have to do it for all," he   said. The president expressed confidence that the new around of talks   between senior U.S. and   Chinese   officials   could yield   progress.   He   said both countries   have "confines of a deal."  

Trump also planned to meet with European Commission President is set to meet Trump in Scotland this weekend in a bid to secure a deal.   He   described von der   Leyen as   a   "highly respected woman"   and repeated a   "50-50" chance of a U.S.-EU deal, which   he   touted as "the biggest deal   of   them all   if we make   it."  

However, Trump singled out Canada, another   major U.S. trading partner, as he showed skepticism   on   prospects of the bilateral   trade agreement. "We haven't really had a lot of luck with Canada," Trump told reporters. "I think Canada could be one where there's just a tariff, not really a negotiation."

Ottawa didn ’ t   comment on   Trump ’ s remarks, but Canadian officials these days have   suggested the   chances of   a deal   by August   1 is unlikely. Trump on July 10   disclosed a letter to Canadian Prime Minister   Mark   Carney, notifying him of   a tariff of 35% of all Canadian imports   starting   August 1, separating from all sectoral tariffs.   Carney later   that day   said Canada will continue the trade talks with the   U.S.   towards   "the revised deadline of August 1."  

White House trade adviser   Peter Navarro   on July 11   said the upcoming   tariffs   on Canada   did not cover goods imported under   the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement ( USMCA ) , and the 35% rate would be an increase from the current 25% tariff on imports from Canada.   Navarro encouraged Canada   to continue negotiating with the U.S. to lower trade barriers,   though   said   "the Canadians were very, very difficult, and they've always been very difficult" in comparison to Mexico, which he described as "pure joy to deal with" during trade talks.

Carney last week for   the first time acknowledges   that some of   the   tariffs imposed   by the Trump administration may   still   here   to stay even   though Canada   can reach   a trade deal   with the   United States.   "There is not a lot of evidence right now, with regards to negotiations, of any country or jurisdiction" escaping U.S. tariffs,   Carney said   on July 15.

"We've made progress, but we have a lot of work in front of us,"   said Canada ’ s International Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc   on   Thursday after two-day talks with U.S. counterparts   in Washington.   LeBlanc,who overseas U.S.-Canada   trade,   said Canada would take the time necessary to get the best deal possible.