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Trump unveiled a series of historic tariffs at the White House’s Rose Garden on Wednesday for a "Make America Wealthy Again" event as part of a day his administration dubbed "Liberation Day" for the ...
From Fox News
Wednesday was “Liberation Day,” the start of a multifront trade war President Donald Trump is waging against nearly all of our trading partners.
From The Washington Post
His plan, if fully implemented, will return the United States to the highest tariff duty as a share of the economy since the late 1800s, before the invention of the automobile, aspirin, and the incan...
From The Atlantic
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President Donald Trump's sweeping reciprocal tariffs announcement on Wednesday has several countries taking varied approaches in how to respond.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to announce significant tariffs on other countries in a speech Wednesday afternoon at the White House.
President Trump is set to reveal his tariff plans as part of a "Liberation Day" ceremony at the White House. Uncertainty over tariffs has roiled financial markets in recent weeks.
The Trump administration took that formula’s figure, -0.5 for South Korea, and divided it by two to calculate the U.S. “discounted reciprocal” tariff rate. So, while South Korea imposes an effective tariff rate of .79 percent on U.S. goods, the reciprocal tariff rate the U.S. is imposing on South Korea is 25 percent.
More than a dozen countries set for US reciprocal tariffs spent the first day of President Donald Trump's tariff rollout not only bracing for the economic fallout but with confusion about exactly what rates they might face.
Per an Axios breakdown: "The formula is to divide the U.S. trade deficit with each country by that country's exports to the U.S. The final reciprocal tariff was then divided by 2, with a minimum of 10% (which applies even to those countries with which the U.S. has a trade surplus)."
President Donald Trump says “Liberation Day” is coming. On Wednesday, he plans to roll out a set of tariffs that he promises will free the United States from foreign goods.
It comes as the president recently announced a 25% tariff on imported vehicles and some auto parts among other tariffs.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will speak to reporters Tuesday afternoon, a day before President Trump’s tariffs on the Canada, Mexico, China and certain product imports, are