Hassett: 'Big inventory' of tariff deals 'close to the finish line'

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Thursday that U.S. negotiations with foreign trade partners have been successful after President Trump's latest tariffs went into effect. 

Hassett, in an interview Thursday with CNBC, said approximately 20 countries have begun to make offers to change their import tax rates on U.S. goods. The movement comes after the Trump administration issued a 10 percent baseline tax on nearly all foreign trading partners and a slew of new tariffs last week.