On board the Air Force one:US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would announce tariffs on imports of steel and semiconductor chips in the coming weeks.
“Next week and week after steel and on, I build tariffs, I would say chips,” Trump told reporters on board Air Force One as he headed for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Alaska.
He said that rates would be lower at the beginning to allow companies to build domestic production in the US and later rose sharply according to the model, which also outlined on drug tariffs. Did not give any accurate rates.
“I will have a rate that will be lower at the beginning – which gives them a chance to come and build – and very high after some time,” he said.
Trump said he felt confident that companies would decide to produce in the United States rather than to face high tariffs.
Trump has increased global trade by imposing a sharply higher obligation to export almost all countries in the United States, along with tariffs to a specific industry such as the automotive industry.
In February, Trump raised the tariffs to steel and aluminum to an apartment 25%, but in May announced that it would double the rate to 50%to strengthen the domestic manufacturer.
It was not immediately clear whether a further increase in the tariff had increased on the metals.
Trump said last week that he would impose a tariff 100% on the import of semiconductors, but companies that have committed to building production in the United States will be exempt.
His notes were made in a tandem announcing that Apple was investing another $ 100 billion in its home market.
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