President Donald Trump said Monday that he will likely implement a blanket tariff of between 15% and 20% on imports into the United States from countries that have not negotiated separate trade agreements, according to a CNBC report.
“For the world, I would say it will be somewhere around 15% to 20%… I just want to be polite. I would say in the 15% to 20% range, probably somewhere between those two numbers,” Trump said in Turnberry, Scotland, alongside UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Trump’s comments come just days before the August 1 deadline for reciprocal tariffs to take effect, and while dozens of countries have yet to reach trade agreements with the United States.
“We’re going to establish a tariff for essentially the rest of the world, and that’s what they’re going to pay if they want to do business in the United States, because you can’t sit down and make 200 deals,” Trump added, according to CNBC.
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The situation in Brazil, one of the countries most affected by the 50% tariff, remains uncertain. The Lula administration faces a decisive week, with no significant progress yet in negotiations with Washington.
In New York, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira signaled to the US government that he is available to discuss tariffs. Lula’s foreign minister traveled to the US to participate in a UN meeting and is awaiting contact from Washington. Given the impasse, the immediate solution has been to prepare a contingency plan to mitigate the economic impacts.
A base tariff of between 15% and 20% represents an increase from the 10% base tariff announced by the US president on April 2, what he called Liberation Day, and is in line with some of the agreements the United States has reached with important trading partners.
On Sunday, Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reached a partial agreement imposing a 15% tariff on most European goods imported into the US. Last week, Japan reached a similar agreement.
