10% Tariff on Nearly All Imports Begins April 5; Higher Tariffs Start April 9
President Donald Trump is imposing 10% tariffs on all imports other than those from Canada and Mexico, beginning April 5, according to a call detailing the reciprocal tariff actions ahead of the speech. These tariffs are not on top of Section 232 tariffs on autos and metals, a senior government official said on the call.
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The United Kingdom, Brazil, Turkey, Colombia, Australia, Chile, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Peru, Costa Rica, UAE, New Zealand, Argentina, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Singapore will only face the baseline 10% tariffs, according a chart shared at the Rose Garden event.
However, goods that meet USMCA rules of origin -- other than cars, trucks and vans -- will continue to enter duty-free, and these baseline tariffs do not add to tariffs placed on Canada and Mexico over migration and fentanyl smuggling for goods that do not meet USMCA , according to the call.
For the "worst offenders," countries that White House economists calculated had the highest non-tariff barriers and tariffs, there will be higher tariffs that will go into effect April 9, according to that call. Those include:
- 34% on Chinese goods
- 20% on EU goods
- 46% on Vietnamese goods
- 32% on Taiwanese goods
- 24% on Japanese goods
- 26% on Indian goods
- 25% on South Korean goods
- 36% on Thai goods
- 31% on Swiss goods
- 32% on Indonesian goods
- 24% on Malaysian goods
- 49% on Cambodian goods
- 30% on South African goods
- 37% on Bangladeshi goods
- 29% on Pakistani goods
- 44% on Sri Lankan goods
- 17% on Filipino goods
- 17% on Israeli goods
- 18% on Nicaraguan goods
- 15% on Norwegian goods
- 20% on Jordanian goods
- 47% on goods from Madagascar
- 44% on goods from Myanmar
- 28% on Tunisian goods
- 27% on Kazakh goods
- 37% on Serbian goods
- 21% on goods from Cote D'Ivoire
- 48% on Laotian goods
- 37% on goods from Botswana
President Trump also signed a document that "closes the de minimis loophole."