US President Donald Trump is airing plans to introduce a basic US tariff of 15 or 20 percent. He did so on Friday night Danish time in an interview with the American television station NBC News. In that case, it would be an increase on the current basic tariff, which is 10 percent.
The statement comes after Donald Trump this week began sending letters to several countries, announcing new tariffs effective from August 1. Not all countries and trading partners have yet received a letter from Trump.
- We're just going to say that the remaining countries have to pay - whether it's 20 percent or 15 percent, we'll have to find out now, Donald Trump tells NBC News.
Trump did not immediately elaborate on when he expects to make a final decision. The EU is among the trading partners that have not yet received a letter from Trump regarding new tariffs.
The two parties have recently been negotiating to conclude an agreement in principle. On Wednesday, EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic, the EU Commission's chief negotiator on the agreement, said that it could be in place within the coming days.
Donald Trump announced the current basic tariff of 10 percent on foreign goods on April 2. Trump's tariff policy has caused major fluctuations in stock markets in recent months, and there are also concerns that the import tariffs will increase inflation in the United States.
After the announcement of US import tariffs in April, stock prices fell across most of the world. They have since risen again. In recent days, the major stock indexes in the United States have set several records.
On Thursday, both the broad S&P 500 index and the technology index Nasdaq closed at their highest levels ever, which Trump noted.
- I think the tariffs have been well received. The stock markets hit a new high today, Trump told NBC News.
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