The president is standing firm on his Aug. 1 deadline to slap a levy on countries without a trade agreement with the U.S.

President Donald Trump levied a fresh threat to countries that have yet to announce trade deals with the U.S. with just four days to go before his new August 1 'doomsday' deadline.

Trump’s protectionist moves likely to keep pushing countries to lessen their reliance on the US, analysts say.