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“To the great farmers of the United States: prepare for start producing much more product agricultural for sell in the United States. Los duty They will apply to External products on April 2. Have fun! “The president has advanced in a message on his social network, Truth Social.
However, and despite the forcefulness of his message, Trump has not yet detailed What products They will be affected or if there will be exceptions.
The president has classified tariffs on several occasions as “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” More than that, he has used them as Negotiation tool both in his first mandate and in the little time he has now been in the White House to obtain Concessions in Commerce, Migration and Security.
As Efe details, since his return to the White House on January 20, Trump has announced tariffs against several countries, although so far only one has applied: on February 4 he imposed a 10% tax on Chinese imports.
This Tuesday plans to apply Another tariff of another additional 10% to Chinese products, thus raising the 20% tax load About those goods. These measures are added to the taxes imposed during their first mandate on more than 300,000 million dollars in Chinese products, which are mostly in force.
In addition, Trump could impose tariffs tomorrow 25% at Imports from Mexico and Canadaalthough he has not yet made a final decision, he declared Monday in an interview with CNN The Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick.
In another batch of tax, he also announced, whose entry into force is scheduled for next week, the March 12and that will seriously play the ‘pocket’ of Spain.
Finally, in February Trump announced the imposition of “reciprocal tariffs“To countries that take American products or apply what Washington considers some type of barrierwith the aim of equalizing the rates that these nations apply to the exports of the United States and with the European Union among the main affected.
There is still no date for the entry into force of these tariffs, since the first step will be the elaboration of a Report that analyzes rates and measures applied by each country. This document will be delivered to the President, who will make the final decision.
