He President of USA, Donald Trumpsaid Friday that his government will send from this July 4 letters to the countries with which has not reached a agreement commercial To notify them about duty that He wants to impose them.
Trump made the statements to the means that accompanied him upon his arrivalthis morning, to the Andrews air base (Maryland) and He detailed his planswho had already advanced last month, of Send cards to dozens of countries rather Enter negotiations.
The president will send the missives with the tariff rates Desired to a dozen countries per day and hopes that “they will be completely covered” before July 9, when the 90 -day truce expires after the one that would impose their so -called “reciprocal tariffs“
In addition, the Republican leader He affirmed that his Government It will begin to collect those rates on August 1.
“Its value will vary between, perhaps, some tariffs of the 60 or 70% to tariffs 10 to 20%“ Trump added about the rates he will propose in those letters and that would be superior, in some cases, which he announced on April 2, which he called the “day of liberation.”
In early June, Trump He opened the door to expand the term of new commercial agreements and said that his government would send letters with pacts written by the US that countries could accept or reject.
“We can do what Let’s want. We could expand it (the term of July 9), we could shorten it. I would like to shorten it. I would like to simply send letters to all. Congratulations! You are going to pay 25 %, ”said Trump a week ago at an act at the White House.
For the moment, Washington He has reached commercial agreements with the United Kingdom, China and Vietnam while negotiating with more than a dozen partners, including the European Union and Japan.
For its part, the secretary of the Treasure, Scott Besenthe has sent more prudent messages than Trump’s and a week ago he suggested that the negotiation period for some partners could be expanded until September.
Meanwhile, a Federal Court failed in May that Trump has no authority to apply “unlimited“The historical law in which their” reciprocal “tariffs are protected; however, an appeals court in June allowed them to impose them while the case is settled.