WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary

Scott Bessent on Monday said many top U.S. trading partners had

made 'very good' proposals to avert U.S. tariffs, and one of the

first deals to be signed might be with India.

Bessent, speaking on CNBC, said the U.S. had also held very

substantial negotiations with Japan and discussions with other

Asian trading partners were going well.

He said recent moves by China to exempt certain U.S. goods

from its retaliatory tariffs showed that it wanted to

de-escalate trade tensions with the United States.