Trump to announce 25% steel, aluminum tariffs in latest trade escalation

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — 

U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that helium volition denote connected Monday caller 25% tariffs connected each alloy and aluminum imports into the U.S., which would travel connected apical of existing metals duties successful different large escalation of his commercialized argumentation overhaul.

Trump, speaking to reporters connected Air Force One, besides said helium volition denote reciprocal tariffs Tuesday oregon Wednesday, to instrumentality effect astir immediately.

Trump, during his archetypal term, imposed tariffs of 25% connected alloy and 10% connected aluminum, but aboriginal granted respective trading partners duty-free quotas, including Canada, Mexico and Brazil.

Former President Joe Biden extended these quotas to Britain, Japan and the European Union, and U.S. alloy mill capableness utilization has dropped successful caller years.

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said that the caller tariffs would travel connected apical of the existing duties connected alloy and aluminum.

Trump connected Friday announced that helium would enforce reciprocal tariffs — raising U.S. tariff rates to lucifer those of trading partners — connected galore countries this week. He did not place the countries, but the duties would beryllium imposed "so that we're treated evenly with different countries."