US to Impose 10 Percent Global Tariffs, Steeper Levies for Countries With High Trade Barriers

‘For decades, our country has been looted, pillaged, raped, and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike,’ Trump said.

A car hauler truck makes its way to the Ambassador Bridge to cross into Detroit from Windsor, Canada, on April 1, 2025. President Donald Trump has been referring to April 2 as “Liberation Day,” when his administration will begin implementing sweeping new tariffs on goods imported into the United States from other countries. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

The United States will implement a 10 percent across-the-board tariff on all imports as part of the Trump administration’s reciprocal tariffs on all nations.

President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping reciprocal tariffs at the White House Rose Garden on April 2, calling it the United States’ “declaration of economic independence” and one of the most important days in U.S. history. The president signed an executive order to put the plan in motion after the announcement.