Trump to Announce 25% Steel and Aluminum Tariffs and More Import Duties Are Coming

Associated Press
February 10, 2025 | 8:44 am
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President Donald Trump, right, speaks to reporters accompanied by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum aboard Air Force One where Trump signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 "the first ever Gulf of America Day," as he travels from West Palm Beach, Florida, to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
President Donald Trump, right, speaks to reporters accompanied by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum aboard Air Force One where Trump signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 "the first ever Gulf of America Day," as he travels from West Palm Beach, Florida, to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Washington. US President Donald Trump said he will announce on Monday that the United States will impose 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada and Mexico, as well as other import duties later in the week.

“Any steel coming into the United States is going to have a 25 percent tariff,” he told reporters Sunday on Air Force One as he flew from Florida to New Orleans to attend the Super Bowl. When asked about aluminum, he responded, “aluminum, too” will be subject to the trade penalties.

Trump also reaffirmed that he would announce “reciprocal tariffs” -- “probably Tuesday or Wednesday” -- meaning that the US would impose import duties on products in cases where another country has levied duties on US goods.

“If they are charging us 130 percent and we’re charging them nothing, it’s not going to stay that way,” he told reporters.

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Trump's comments are the latest example of his willingness to threaten, and in some cases impose, import taxes. Tariffs are coming much earlier in his presidency than during his previous four years in the White House, when he prioritized tax cuts and deregulation. Trump has alternately said he sees import taxes as tools to force concessions on issues such as immigration, but also as a source of revenue to help close the government's budget deficit.

Financial markets fell on Friday after Trump first said he would impose the reciprocal tariffs. Stock prices also dropped after a measure of consumer sentiment declined on Friday, largely because many respondents cited tariffs as a growing worry. The survey also found that Americans are expecting inflation to tick up in the coming months because of the duties.

Trump on Sunday did not offer any details about the steel and aluminum duties, or the reciprocal tariffs. Trump previously threatened 25 percent import taxes on all goods from Canada and Mexico, though he paused them for 30 days barely a week ago. At the same time, he proceeded to add 10 percent duties on imports from China.

Yet on Friday, he said he would also delay the tariffs on the millions of small packages -- often from fast-fashion firms such as Temu and Shein -- until customs officials can figure out ways to impose them. The small packages have previously been exempt from tariffs.

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