Trump announces sweeping tariffs against dozens of countries

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on a list of dozens of countries but only by half of what he could have been levied, he said. 

“In the face of unrelenting economic warfare, the United States can no longer continue with a policy of unilateral economic surrender,” Trump said during a Rose Garden ceremony.

“We will charge them approximately half of what they are and have been charging us, so the tariffs will be not a full reciprocal,” he added. “I could have done that, I guess, but it would have been tough for a lot of countries and we didn’t want to do that.”

Here is the list of countries, those that Trump says charge the U.S. the highest tariffs, and what reciprocal tariffs will be charged to that country. This story will be updated as more details are learned.

 

 

One of the highest tariff rates of 49% will be levied on all Cambodian imports, according to the charts from the White House.

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