President Trump will begin to announce nation-by-nation tariff levels and trade deals on Monday, ahead of a midweek deadline, and he threatened new levies on a multicountry bloc he labeled as “anti-American.”
Mr. Trump, writing on Truth Social, said he would send letters to individual countries starting at noon. He’s characterized the tariff amounts as the cost of doing business with the rich American consumer market.
The president in April paused hefty “Liberation Day” tariffs for 90 days to calm markets and allow space for trade negotiations. He landed deals with the U.K. and Vietnam and set the stage for more talks with China, but other countries are expected to face big tariffs again.
The levies won’t go into effect immediately, though Mr. Trump is locking in the numbers.
“Tariffs go into effect Aug. 1. But the president is setting the rates, and the deals, right now,” Commerce Secretary Howard