The president of the United States, Donald Trumpplan to announce this Wednesday April 2 A series of new duty against various countries, with the objective of “shaking the global economic system as has not been seen in several decades”, so he baptized this date as the Liberation Day For the American nation.
Trump indicated that he will make the announcement of the tariffs in a great act called Make America Wealthy Again (Make the United States rich again), which will take place in the Rose garden of the White Housea landscaped area that surrounds the oval office, and which allegedly All the members of his second cabinet will attend.
According to Karoline Leavittthe White House Press Secretary, once the Republican president made the announcement, “the tariffs will enter into vigor immediately”; However, at the moment it is unknown how these will be implemented “Reciprocal taxes” directed against several nations around the world.
Allegedly, reciprocal tariffs will only affect countries that “impose Barriers to the products and services of the United States ”, so various experts in economics consider that this measure could especially impact the European Union (EU)composed of 27 Member States in the European continent.
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The announcement of the new tariffs by US President Donald Trump will take place this Wednesday, April 2 at 4 pm in Washington DC (14 hours from Guatemala) And according to Leavitt, “the idea is simple”, since the American nation will elevate its taxes on foreign goods and services to match the barriers.
“If they charge us, we also charge them. We must match the Commercial and fiscal barriers that other nations impose on American products, “added the press spokeswoman in the White House, specifically referring to European VAT, The value added tax in goods and services within the European Union.
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According to what was stated by various media in the United States, “these reciprocal tariffs may adopt different forms”, because they could be different Broving depending on the product and its country of origin; or they could become a fixed tax for all imports of a specific nation.
For now, one of the strongest speculations mentioned in social networks is that President Donald Trump will impose “generalized 20% tariffs On most imports that arrive in the United States “, a measure that could cause turbulence in financial markets around the world.
So far, Karoline Leavitt and the White House have advanced that the United States will impose tariffs to Brazil, India, South Korea and the European Union; However, it is unknown if President Trump will sanction the EU as a complete block or if he made the decision to sanction each of the members separately,
In turn, the Republican president also mentioned that he will impose a “25% tariff to all countries that buy him oil or gas a Venezuela“, a decision that would directly hit Chinathe main buyer of the South American country, taking into account that the Asian giant buys more than 400 thousand barrels daily.
– Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) April 2, 2025