U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said the Trump administration could announce trade agreements with some of the United States' largest trade partners as early as this week, but gave no details on which countries were involved.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent continued the Trump administration’s upbeat talk about possible trade deals as he testified before a subpanel of the House Appropriations Committee. Regarding deals with major trading partners,

One of the reasons the UK India free trade deal has taken so long to reach is that India had made big demands about visas for Indian professionals and students to work and study abroad. The British government said this deal does not include any change in immigration policy, including towards Indian students studying in the UK.

The two countries signed a deal three years after negotiations began to strengthen alliances in what the British prime minister called a “new era” of trade.

Britain and India clinched a free trade agreement on Tuesday, in a landmark deal that represents London's most significant post-Brexit pact that was finalised in the shadow of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff increases.