Trump says will send letters laying out tariff rates

President Donald Trump connected Thursday (July 3, 2025) said his medication would commencement sending letters to countries, astir apt connected Friday (July 4, 2025), to place the tariff rates they would look connected imports to the United States. Mr. Trump told reporters earlier departing for Iowa that helium expected to motion "a mates of different deals" successful summation to a commercialized statement announced connected Wednesday with Vietnam.

But helium said his inclination was to nonstop letters to astir different countries, stating intelligibly what tariff complaint they faced.

His comments travel days earlier steeper duties are acceptable to instrumentality effect connected dozens of economies— customized to each of them— ranging from Taiwan to the European Union.

These tariffs were portion of a broader announcement successful April wherever Mr. Trump imposed a 10% work connected goods from astir each trading partners, with a program to measurement up these rates for a prime radical wrong days.

But helium swiftly paused the hikes until July 9, allowing for commercialized talks to instrumentality place.

Countries person been pushing to onslaught deals that would assistance them debar these elevated duties.

U.S. officials person signaled that determination could beryllium a flurry of commercialized pacts announced successful the coming days.

But truthful far, the Trump medication has lone unveiled deals with the U.K. and Vietnam, portion Washington and Beijing agreed to temporarily little staggeringly precocious levies connected each other’s products.

As his July deadline approaches, Mr. Trump has repeatedly said helium plans to pass countries of U.S. tariff rates by sending them letters.