U.S. media: The U.S. plans to adopt a new framework for tariff negotiations to proceed in phases, initially consulting with 18 countries.

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal cited by Jin10, on April 26, the U.S. negotiation officials plan to use a new framework developed by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to simplify negotiations on reciprocal tariffs. This framework outlines major categories for negotiation, such as tariffs and quotas, non-tariff trade barriers, digital trade, product origin principles, economic security, and other business issues. Within these categories, U.S. officials will propose specific requests targeting individual countries, but informed sources emphasize that this document may also be adjusted at any time. According to insiders, the initial plan is for the U.S. to negotiate in turn with 18 major trading partners over the next two months, with the preliminary plan to alternate discussions involving six countries each week for three weeks (six countries in the first week, another six in the second week, and another six in the third week), until the deadline of July 8. If President Trump does not extend the 90-day suspension he set, those countries that cannot reach an agreement will begin to face reciprocal tariffs.