Trump Says US Will Set New Tariff Rates for More Nations Within Weeks

‘We’ll be telling people what they will be paying to do business in the United States,’ the president said.

President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on May 12, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump said that the White House will likely inform various countries on new tariff rates in the coming weeks, after his administration initiated a 90-day pause on rates last month to lower duties to 10 percent across the board.

While speaking on Friday at an event in the United Arab Emirates, Trump said that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will start speaking to nations that were subject to the 90-day pause.