President Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and U.S. Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth (R), discusses his adorning of the Cupboard Room throughout a cupboard assembly on the White Home on July 08, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday despatched letters dictating new U.S. tariff charges on a minimum of six extra international locations’ imports, leaning into his aggressive strategy to resetting America’s international commerce relationships.
The most recent letters, revealed by Trump by way of Fact Social screenshots, have been despatched to the leaders of the Philippines, Brunei, Moldova, Algeria, Iraq and Libya.
Trump had teased the announcement Tuesday night, writing on the social media website that he’ll launch a “minimal of seven Nations” on Wednesday morning and an “extra variety of Nations” within the afternoon.
The brand new spherical of tariff letters comes two days after Trump first shared screenshots of letters telling 14 international locations’ leaders that their exports to the U.S. would face steep new tariffs beginning Aug. 1.
The practically an identical two-page letters signed by Trump have been despatched to Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Laos, Myanmar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tunisia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Serbia, Cambodia and Thailand.
The charges for every nation vary from 20% to 40%. The letters observe that the U.S. will “maybe” think about adjusting the brand new tariff ranges, “relying on our relationship together with your Nation.”
A lot of these charges are near what Trump had imposed as a part of his “liberation day” tariff rollout on April 2, which set a ten% baseline levy for practically all international locations on earth and slapped a lot increased duties on dozens of particular person nations.
That announcement sparked per week of turmoil in international buying and selling markets, which solely ended when Trump abruptly mentioned he would pause these increased charges for 90 days.
That reprieve was set to run out Wednesday. However on Monday, Trump signed an govt order delaying the tariff deadline till Aug. 1.
In one other put up earlier Tuesday, Trump asserted that “there shall be no change” to the August begin date.
“No extensions shall be granted,” he mentioned.
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