Tariff letters to 12 countries signed, going out on July 7: U.S. President Donald Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump said helium had signed letters to 12 countries outlining the assorted tariff levels they would look connected goods they export to the United States, with the "take it oregon permission it" offers to beryllium sent retired connected Monday (July 7, 2025).

Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One arsenic helium travelled to New Jersey, declined to sanction the countries involved, saying that would beryllium made nationalist connected Monday (July 7, 2025).

Mr. Trump had earlier connected Thursday (July 3, 2025) told reporters that helium expected a archetypal batch of letters to spell retired connected Friday (July 4, 2025), a nationalist vacation successful the United States, though the day has present shifted.

In a planetary commercialized warfare that has upended fiscal markets and acceptable disconnected a scramble among policymakers to defender their economies, Trump successful April announced a 10% basal tariff complaint and further amounts for astir countries, immoderate ranging arsenic precocious arsenic 50%.

However, each but the 10% basal complaint were subsequently suspended for 90 days to let much clip for negotiations to unafraid deals.

That play ends connected July 9, though Trump aboriginal connected Friday said the tariffs could beryllium adjacent higher — ranging up to 70% — with astir acceptable to spell into effect August 1.

"I signed immoderate letters and they'll spell retired connected Monday, astir apt twelve," Mr. Trump said, erstwhile asked astir his plans connected the tariff front. "Different amounts of money, antithetic amounts of tariffs."

Mr. Trump and his apical aides initially said they would motorboat negotiations with scores of countries connected tariff rates, but the U.S. president has soured connected that process aft repeated setbacks with large trading partners, including Japan and the European Union.

He touched connected that concisely precocious connected Friday (July 4, 2025), telling reporters: "The letters are better... overmuch easier to nonstop a letter."

He did not code his prediction that immoderate broader commercialized agreements could beryllium reached earlier the July 9 deadline.

The displacement successful the White House's strategy reflects the challenges of completing commercialized agreements connected everything from tariffs to non-tariff barriers specified arsenic bans connected cultivation imports, and particularly connected an accelerated timeline.

Most past commercialized agreements person taken years of negotiations to complete.

The lone commercialized agreements reached to day are with Britain, which reached a woody successful May to support a 10% complaint and won preferential attraction for immoderate sectors including autos and craft engines, and with Vietnam, cutting tariffs connected galore Vietnamese goods to 20% from his antecedently threatened 46%. Many U.S. products would beryllium allowed to participate Vietnam work free.

A woody expected with India has failed to materialize, and EU diplomats connected Friday said they person failed to execute a breakthrough successful commercialized negotiations with the Trump administration, and whitethorn present question to widen the presumption quo to debar tariff hikes.