The US president, Donald Trumpa new tariff plan announced Thursday that will enter into force as of August 7, six days after planning.
The new edict imposes 30 % tax for countries that did not sealed commercial agreement, while introducing relief for those who did.
The minimum rate for the nations with which the United States maintains a negative trade balance was 15 %, according to the White House a few hours before the deadline granted in July its commercial partners to negotiate a new tariff was fulfilled.
August 1st.
President Donald J. Trump signs an Executive Order Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rats, Restning decades of failed trade polis. AMERICA First pic.twitter.com/hsgqzly1uy
– The White House (@Whitehouse) August 1, 2025
About 40 countries are subject to that percentage. While in the case of those with which the United States maintains a positive balance, the tariff will be 10 %.
Tariff avalanche
“A year ago the United States was a dead country, it is now the most attractive in the world,” Trump had said on Thursday morning in Truth Social, anticipating what he described as a way to counteract “this avalanche of tariffs” faced by his country.
Remember EFE That most countries saw their tariffs reduced with respect to the list published on April 2, called the president as the ‘Day of Liberation’.
The European Union (EU) was one of the last actors that reached a commercial agreement with Washington, which was reflected in Trump’s executive order, which set the tariff for most European products in 15 %.
Also South Korea and the United Kingdom achieved an understanding that allowed to place the lien for their exports to the United States in 15 and 10 % respectively.
Other countries that experienced important reductions were Cambodia -from 49 to 19 % -, Lesoto -from 50 to 15 % -or Vietnam -of 46 to 20 % –
Those who stayed out
In contrast, there were three countries that not only did not perceive a reduction, but the tariffs were increased: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Switzerland.
The United States taxed more than 30 % to most nations with which it did not reach a pact. Syria (41 %), Laos (40 %) and Burma (Myanmar) (40 %), record the highest tariffs. Switzerland follows them with 39 %.
Not all tariffs, however, responded to strictly commercial reasons.
As the White House published the tariff readjustment, he announced that the Canadian products would tax with 35 %, but in this case because he said that the neighboring country “has not cooperated to curb the constant flow of fentanyl and other illicit drugs and has taken reprisals against the United States for the president’s actions to deal with this unusual threat.”
In addition to Brazil, in addition to the “Universal” tariff of 10 %, they imposed another addition of 40 %, in retaliation for the trial to which former President Jair Bolsonaro, a political ally of the US president, is subjected there.
Trump concrete tariffs of 50 % to Brazil and Lula repudiates the “political motivation” of the fact
In the case of Mexico, Trump spoke today with his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum, and after that conversation he announced a new 90 -day extension in the application of most tariffs for Mexico.
The Chinese case
Washington and Beijing reached a temporary agreement whereby the US reduced their tariffs, while China reduced 125 to 10 % taxes on US assets. They also eliminated restrictions on commercial exchange of key goods such as rare earths and semiconductors.
Both countries are in the midst of negotiations to reach a definitive pact before the pause expires on August 12, a period that could be extended to promote the success of conversations that “march well,” Trump advanced this week without offering clear details about advances in the dialogue.
