Donald Trump duties. Everything you need to know

President USA Donald Trump On Wednesday, he signed a regulation establishing a minimum 10 % duties rate for goods from around the world and additional duties for most other countries, including 20 percent. customs duty for EU products.

According to the White House in the summary of the decisions taken by President Donald Trump, at midnight on April 5 he will enter into force Basic 10 % rate Customs for products imported from all countries, and on April 9 – for countries with which the US have the largest trade deficits. This group includes China and European Unionwhich will be covered by 34 percent respectively. and 20 percent Additional customs.

Trump's duties rates are to be – according to American administration – the total rates of customs, taxes and trade barriers that apply in a given country to goods from the USA.

The list includes countries such as:

China – 34 percent European Union – 20 percent
Vietnam – 46 percent
Taiwan – 32 percent
Japan – 24 percent India – 26 percent
South Korea – 25 percent Thailand – 36 percent Switzerland – 31 percent Indonesia – 32 percent Malaysia – 24 percent Cambodia – 49 percent
Great Britain – 10 percent South Africa Republic – 30 percent Brazil- 10 percent Singapore – 10 percent

Among the countries on which the duties were imposed, Ukraine was found, which was covered by the basic 10 % rate, but there is no Russia on it.

As the representatives of the White House explained in an interview with reporters, Russia “is not on this list, because the sanctions from the war in Ukraine have already caused that trade between these two countries fell to zero.”

There is also no Belarus, Cuba and North Korea, which are also covered by sanctions. At the same time, there is no consequences in this, because Iran and Syria, on which the US had previously imposed sanctions, were covered by additional duties. Respectively in the amount of 10 and 40 percent

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Prime minister Donald Tusk He wrote on portal X that “friendship means partnership. Partnership means real and true mutual duties. Adequate decisions are needed.”

The head of the Italian government said in social media that “the US introduction to the European Union is a step that she considers, erroneous and one that does not pay any of the parties.”

Melons emphasized: “We will do everything we can to work on an agreement with the United States in order to prevent the trade war, which would inevitably weaken the West for the benefit of other global actors.”

In turn, Prime Minister Canada, Mark Carney, said in a short statement for journalists that “we will fight these customs through the remedies. We will protect our employees and build the strongest G7 economy”.

He added that Canada's actions “will have a goal and will be strong” and assessed that the American duties “fundamentally change the international trade system, the negative effects on the American economy will increase over time, millions of Canadians will affect the impact.”

France is ready for this trade war – said spokeswoman for the government Sophie Primas on Thursday.

On Thursday morning, Donald Trump's duties were also referred to by the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

– We are finalizing the first package of remedies in response to (American – ed.) Customs duties – she informed. She added that the EU “is preparing to introduce further remedies to protect our interests and our enterprises if the negotiations fail.” – As Europeans, we will always promote and protect our interests and values, and we will always defend Europe – said the head of the committee.

At the same time, she noticed that American duties are a “serious blow to the world economy” because they would bring inflation and raise the costs of living for millions of consumers. All companies will suffer from them from the first day due to disruption and troublesome bureaucracy. “The costs of doing business with the United States will increase drastically,” she warned.

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At the same time, as a result of Donald Trump's earlier decision, the American 25-percent duties for imported cars and light trucks entered into force on Thursday. Cars from Mexico and Canada were partially turned off. Additional tax on car and computers imports is to be implemented on May 3. Dutch cars were imposed separately against the customs duties on products from all countries of the world announced on Wednesday evening. However, as it results from the White House announcement, new mutual duties will not further increase tax rates on car imports.

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