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Trump floats 15 to 20% blanket tariff on trading partners
11 July 2025 08:23
Washington (AFP)US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was considering imposing a 15 or 20% blanket tariff on countries that had not yet received specific notifications, effective August this week began issuing letters to many US trading partners as he ramps up pressure for more favourable trade his letters to leaders from more than 20 countries, Trump outlined duties ranging from 20 to 50% -- in the case of Brazil -- that would take effect on August letters warn that if the recipients raise their tariffs, the US would retaliate with even higher rate asked by NBC News what would happen to countries that did not receive letters, he floated the idea of the 15 or 20% rates."We're just going to say all of the remaining countries are going to pay, whether it's 20% or 15%. We'll work that out now," Trump was quoted as saying by NBC was not clear whether this meant an increase from Trump's 10% baseline tariffs on goods currently paid by most countries, or if it would apply only to those subject to higher rates than the tariffs are part of Trump's "Liberation Day" trade announcement in April, a sweeping package of import duties that were to take effect on July 9, but are now pushed off to August 1 as trade talks continue.
The policy imposed the universal 10% tariff on nearly all imports, with much higher, country-specific "reciprocal" tariffs for dozens of countries.
