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The president posted letters to his EU and Mexican counterparts on his Truth Social account on Saturday morning.
While Mexico was spared from Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" tariff rollout on April 2, the 30% rate for the E.U. is 10% higher than what the president said he would apply to America's largest trading partner in April.
The president’s supporters portray him as a top dealmaker. But, at least for now, far more trading partners have gotten stiff tariffs than trade deals.
President Donald Trump on Saturday imposed a 30% tariff on imports from Mexico and the European Union starting on August 1 after weeks of negotiations with the key trading allies failed to reach a more comprehensive trade deal.
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a 30 percent tariff on goods from Mexico and the Euopean Union, citing trade deficits and national security.
The U.S. will charge a 30% tariff on the European Union and Mexico effective Aug. 1, President Trump said in letters to the leaders of each trading partner, posted on Truth Social on Saturday morning.
Canada would bear the brunt of Trump's tariffs in terms of economic contraction, says The Budget Lab of Yale.