Trump declares 30 % definitions on the European Union and Mexico, starting from August 1 star-news.press/wp

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President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States will impose a 30 % tariff on goods from the European Union and Mexico, which will enter on August 1.
Trump revealed the new prices in Messages To the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Lin and the President of Mexico Claudia Shinbom, which is what is to publish On his social media website, the social truth.
“Mexico helped me secure the borders, but what Mexico did is not enough,” Trump wrote to Shinbom.
Trump said that there will be no tariff for goods from the European Union if the 27 -member companies, “or companies within the European Union, have decided to build or manufacture products (products) within the United States.”
He said that if the European Union or Mexico retaliates with a higher tariff, “then, it will be added to the number you choose to raise it, to the 30 % that we receive.”
The European Union was looking for at least an initial agreement that would save it from becoming the latest recipient of a message from Trump dictating a new tariff for its exports to the United States
However, he is still receiving a letter from Trump threatening a new tariff, although both sides after they recently indicated his progress in their negotiations after Trump retracted a 50 % tariff blow to the mass.
Von der Lain said in a statement.
She said that the European Union is still “ready to continue to work for an agreement by August 1”
“At the same time, we will take all the steps necessary to protect the interests of the European Union, including adopting proportional counter measures if necessary.”
The European Union collectively sells more to the United States than any one country: the total imports of US commodities from the European Union amounted to 553 billion dollars in 2022, according to US Trade Representative Office.
Trump sent similar messages to 23 other American trading partners this week, including Canada, Japan and Brazil, and setting a blanket tariff rate ranging from 20 % to 50 %.
The letters often put the new tariff levels as an essential part of the Trump administration’s efforts to create a more “mutual” global trade scene.
Trump tried to do this in a suburb it declared a “Liberation Day” tariff on April 2, when he imposed a global tariff by approximately 10 % and slapped higher duties on imports of about 60 individual countries.
The advertisement paid the feverish days of sale in the global markets. Trump’s position stops for 90 days on almost all the upper tariffs after a week.
Trade officials have suggested that the United States could strike up to 90 new trade deals during that time break. However, by the time when the stopping period ended on Wednesday, the administration led to the distribution of initial agreements with the United Kingdom and Vietnam.
On Monday, Trump extended this cessation, which stops the customs tariff until August 1. All tariff rates are to be operated in the last series of messages on the same day.
On Thursday, Trump NBC News reported that he is planning to raise the global introductory foundation rate of up to 20 %.
“We will only say that all the remaining countries will pay, whether 20 % or 15 %. We will work on that now,” Trump said.
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2025-07-12 13:45:00



