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President Donald Trump is readying plans for industry-specific tariffs to kick in alongside his country-by-country duties in two weeks, ramping up his push to reshape the US’s standing in the global trading system by penalizing purchases from abroad.
The average effective tariff rate has been around 16%, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management calculates, 5 times higher than the past average of 3%.
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European exporters say a 30% U.S. import tariff would drive prices unsustainably high and hammer their sales. While some manufacturers are shifting their supply chains stateside or elsewhere, not all businesses have the same flexibility — and can't easily replace the developed U.
President Trump said he plans to write to many nations setting a blanket unilateral tariff rate, which he said could be 10% or 15%. "We’ll have well over 150 countries that we’re just going to send a notice of payment out" detailing tariffs,
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World Politics Review on MSNTrump’s Tariff ‘Letter Diplomacy’ Is a Sign of DesperationTrump's tariff letters appear to make the process of diplomacy public and therefore transparent. But there are other reasons why he is posting them. The post Trump's Tariff ‘Letter Diplomacy' Is a Sign of Desperation appeared first on World Politics Review.
The European Union is pushing to secure a trade deal with the U.S. ahead of President Donald Trump's Aug. 1 deadline.