Mexico, Donald Trump and European Union
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President Donald Trump posted letters to the leaders of Mexico and the European Union, saying they had not done enough to head off the new tariffs.
Mexico did not face a new tariff on April 2, the day of Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" tariff rollout. There remains a 25% tariff on non-USMCA-compliant goods from Canada and Mexico, as well as a 50% tariff on steel, aluminum and derivative products.
President Trump said he plans to impose blanket levies of 15% to 20% on most trading partners that haven't yet received suggested tariff rates. That would be higher than the 10% baseline currently in effect.
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The U.S. dollar rose against major currencies including the yen and euro as President Donald Trump rekindled trade tensions with new tariffs on Canada and other trading partners. Trump issued a letter late on Thursday that said a 35% tariff rate on all imports from Canada would apply from August 1.
President Donald Trump set out early in his second term to fulfill a decades-long desire of reshaping US trade with the world, but the main outcomes so far have been discord and uncertainty.
Trump intends to make good on his threat to drop talks and just set unilateral rates, raising the stakes before his August 1 deadline.
By Sukriti Gupta, Sanchayaita Roy and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -European shares closed lower on Friday, as losses in banks and healthcare stocks weighed at the end of a week marred by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff announcements,