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United States of America: Administration announces higher "reciprocal tariffs" applicable to 8 jurisdictions from 1 August 2025

Announcement

09 Jul 2025

In July 2025, the United States of America announced the reciprocal tariff rates for imports from 8 countries, effective on 1 August 2025.

Source

TruthSocial (9 July 2025), U.S. President Donald J. Trump Social Media Post, Letter to the President of Sri Lanka (Retrieved on 10 July 2025): https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114825639384438689

TruthSocial (9 July 2025), U.S. President Donald J. Trump Social Media Post, Letter to the President of Brazil (Retrieved on 10 July 2025): https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114825119138468153

TruthSocial (9 July 2025), U.S. President Donald J. Trump Social Media Post, Letter to the Prime Minister of Libya (Retrieved on 10 July 2025): https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114824023967307505

TruthSocial (9 July 2025), U.S. President Donald J. Trump Social Media Post, Letter to the Prime Minister of Iraq (Retrieved on 10 July 2025): https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114824021539741481

TruthSocial (9 July 2025), U.S. President Donald J. Trump Social Media Post, Letter to the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam (Retrieved on 10 July 2025): https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114824016607656018

TruthSocial (9 July 2025), U.S. President Donald J. Trump Social Media Post, Letter to the President of the Philippines (Retrieved on 10 July 2025): https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114824014589920439

TruthSocial (9 July 2025), U.S. President Donald J. Trump Social Media Post, Letter to the President of Algeria (Retrieved on 10 July 2025): https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114824019927996260

TruthSocial (9 July 2025), U.S. President Donald J. Trump Social Media Post, Letter to the President of Moldova (Retrieved on 10 July 2025): https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114824018420835079

Number of interventions

4

4 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

01 Aug 2025

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 09 Jul 2025
Import tariff In force
On 9 July 2025, the United States of America announced the higher country-specific "reciprocal tariffs" applicable to imports from Brunei and Moldova. Effective 1 August 2025, these imports will be subject to a 25% additional tariff. Since 10 April 2025, the tariff has been the 10% baseline rate (see related state act). On 2 April 2025, the White House announced higher country-specific tariffs for 57 jurisdictions, including 24% for Brunei and 31% for Moldova, scheduled to take effect on 9 April...

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Announced: 09 Jul 2025
Import tariff In force
On 9 July 2025, the United States of America announced the higher country-specific "reciprocal tariffs" applicable to imports from the Philippines. Effective 1 August 2025, these imports will be subject to a 20% additional tariff. Since 10 April 2025, the tariff has been the 10% baseline rate (see related state act). On 2 April 2025, the White House announced higher country-specific tariffs for 57 jurisdictions, including 17% for the Philippines, scheduled to take effect on 9 April 2025. However...

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Announced: 09 Jul 2025
Import tariff In force
On 9 July 2025, the United States of America announced the higher country-specific "reciprocal tariffs" applicable to imports from Sri Lanka, Iraq, Algeria, and Libya. Effective 1 August 2025, these imports will be subject to a 30% additional tariff. Since 10 April 2025, the tariff has been the 10% baseline rate (see related state act). On 2 April 2025, the White House announced higher country-specific tariffs for 57 jurisdictions, including 44% for Sri Lanka, 39% for Iraq, 30% for Algeria, and ...

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Announced: 09 Jul 2025
Import tariff In force
On 9 July 2025, the United States of America announced the higher country-specific "reciprocal tariffs" applicable to imports from Brazil. Effective 1 August 2025, these imports will be subject to a 50% additional tariff. Since 5 April 2025, the tariff has been the 10% baseline rate (see related state act). According to the Executive Order of 2 April and its modifications, the measure affects all products imported to the U.S., with the following exceptions: partially included in Annex II of the ...

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