On Thursday evening, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that increased customs duties on dozens of countries.
The White House said that the percentage of the new customs duties ranges between 10%and 41%, and Syria has topped this new list, as it was imposed on it the highest percentage of fees, while the percentage of customs recognition of the products of the European Union, Japan and South Korea reached 15%, in a move aimed at “restructuring global trade in a way that benefits American workers,” according to AFP.
Canadian products
Trump also signed an executive order that increased from 25% to 35% customs duties imposed on his country’s imports of Canadian products not covered by the North America’s Free Trade Agreement.
The White House said in a statement that “Canada has failed to cooperate to reduce the flow of fentanel and other drugs” to America and “has taken retaliatory measures against the United States.”
August 7
For his part, a senior US official announced that the new additional customs duties imposed by Trump on dozens of countries will start in force on August 7, that is, 7 days after the date, which was mainly specified.
The official told reporters that this delay for a week aims to give American customs enough time to prepare for these fees.
