President Donald Trump says he plans to place tariffs of over 10% on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean. “We’ll probably set one tariff for all of
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the tariffs would be relatively insignificant for addressing President Trump’s goals of reducing trade imbalances.
President Trump said there will be a roughly 10 percent tariff set across the board for smaller countries, including those in Africa and the Caribbean. “We’ll probably set one tariff for all of them,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday evening.
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