Trump announces sweeping reciprocal tariffs against "friend and foe" with a 10% minimum

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President Trump on Wednesday announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs with the U.S.’s trading partners, to be set at about half of what other countries are charging America. The U.S. will impose a 10% minimum tariff, too.

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00:00In a few moments, I will sign a historic executive order

00:04instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries

00:07throughout the world.

00:08Reciprocal.

00:09That means they do it to us and we do it to them.

00:13Very simple.

00:14Can't get any simpler than that.

00:16This is one of the most important days, in my

00:22opinion, in American history.

00:25It's our declaration of economic independence for

00:29years.

00:30Hardworking American citizens were forced to

00:32sit on the sidelines as other nations got rich and

00:35powerful, much of it at our expense.

00:39But now it's our turn to prosper, and in so doing,

00:43use trillions and trillions of dollars to

00:45reduce our taxes and pay down our national debt,

00:48and it'll all happen very quickly.

00:51With today's action, we are finally going to be

00:54able to make America great again, greater than ever

00:57before.

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