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Varying taxes on select imports deemed critical for national security<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Note: Tariff categories only include those implemented during President Trump\u2019s second term that are currently active.<\/p>\n
Imports around the world are subject to an evolving slate of tariffs after President Trump took steps to reprise his punishing trade war in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that struck down many of his previous duties.<\/p>\n
Globally, Mr. Trump has set a 10 percent tariff on many imports, with exceptions for certain products, some of which may be covered by steeper rates implemented using different authorities. While Mr. Trump initially announced he would raise this 10 percent rate to 15, he has not yet formalized that with a new directive.<\/p>\n
The global tariff belongs to a large patchwork of duties imposed over the course of Mr. Trump\u2019s second term. Citing national security concerns, the president has also applied taxes to imports of steel, lumber, cars and other goods, including some foreign-made pharmaceuticals. And the president recently has opened a slew of investigations into dozens of countries\u2019 trade practices, which could result in steep, additional tariffs still.<\/p>\n
Source: New York Times analysis of U.S. Census Bureau international trade data.<\/p>\n
Mr. Trump has long claimed he aims to use tariffs to reset the world trading order, raise new federal revenue and pressure private businesses to make more of their products domestically.<\/p>\n
But the stakes are high, and whether Mr. Trump can succeed is still an open question with great consequences for the U.S. economy. The president\u2019s brinkmanship has at times rattled financial markets around the world, and his tariffs have resulted in new costs for American businesses and consumers, who often ultimately foot the bill for duties on imported goods.<\/p>\n
Notes: Rates shown are a comparison between the emergency tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court and the president’s new baseline level. For Canada and Mexico, the tariffs do not apply to goods subject to a trade deal with the United States. Other tariffs, like sectoral Section 232 tariff and China-specific Section 302 tariffs, are not shown here. The new global tariff does not apply to all goods; some are exempt, and others are subject to certain other duties.<\/p>\n
In place of the expansive tariffs that were struck down by the Supreme Court, Mr. Trump took two important steps.<\/p>\n
First, he quickly imposed a new, across-the-board 10 percent tax on many imports The president did so using a provision of law known as Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which no president before him had ever invoked. Announced in February, those tariffs may be in place for 150 days, unless Congress agrees to extend them. His use of the law has sparked a set of legal challenges.<\/p>\n
Second, the Trump administration opened a series of investigations into other countries\u2019 trade practices, using another provision of the same 1974 law, known as Section 301. Once complete, those inquiries are expected to result in tariffs that are as high, or close to, the emergency duties that the Supreme Court recently invalidated.<\/p>\n
For Mr. Trump, the Supreme Court ruling marked an end to the tariffs he announced last spring on what he called \u201cLiberation Day.\u201d These duties were among his most punishing, with some countries seeing taxes on their exports ranging as high as 50 percent.<\/p>\n
To implement the tariffs, a power generally reserved for Congress, Mr. Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a 1970s law that does not explicitly mention the word tariff. No president before him had ever interpreted the statute in this way, but Mr. Trump tried to wield the law in order to raise or lower rates unilaterally, a defining element of his trade strategy.<\/p>\n
Under the law, known as IEEPA, Mr. Trump imposed a baseline,10 percent tariff around the world, then calibrated rates on some countries based on a loose and evolving rubric. Even when the president struck deals with other countries, he kept in place tariffs set using IEEPA, skirting the need to obtain congressional approval.<\/p>\n
But the scope of his actions triggered lawsuits by state officials and small businesses, which prevailed repeatedly as the matter wound its way to the Supreme Court, where the justices similarly took fault with the president\u2019s trade strategy. They found that IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose tariffs.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/span> <\/p>\n Using steep tariffs, or sometimes simply the threat of them, Mr. Trump struck a series of agreements with key U.S. trading partners, including those in the European Union. Those deals remain in limbo as a result of the Supreme Court decision, because many were premised on tariff rates under the IEEPA law.<\/p>\n Each of those deals had set those countries\u2019 tariffs at 15 percent or higher, lowering what would have been steeper duties in exchange for favorable trade concessions and new promises to invest in the United States. The administration has struck agreements with countries including Japan, Switzerland and South Korea, the details of which vary.<\/p>\n The president\u2019s tariffs have generally fallen into two categories: taxes imposed on imports arriving from certain countries; and duties that apply to specific products, often without regard to their origin. The latter category was not affected by the Supreme Court ruling.<\/p>\n Mr. Trump has subjected a widening roster of goods to these duties, which are invoked using a provision of federal law \u2014 Section 232 \u2014 meant to address trade issues that present national security threats.<\/p>\n Brand-name pharmaceuticalsActive<\/span>Up to 100%SteelActive<\/span>25-50%AluminumActive<\/span>25-50%Autos and auto partsActive<\/span>25%Copper partsActive<\/span>25%Timber and lumberActive<\/span>10%Cabinets and vanitiesActive<\/span>25%Upholstered furnitureActive<\/span>25%Heavy-duty trucksActive<\/span>25%BusesActive<\/span>10%Some semiconductorsActive<\/span>25%AircraftIn process<\/span>\u2014PolysiliconIn process<\/span>\u2014Crewless aircraft By April 2026, the president had announced duties on imported steel; aluminum; cars; car parts; heavy-duty trucks; and lumber and wood products, including bathroom and kitchen cabinets and upholstered furniture. (He later suspended some of the planned increases on those lumber products.) Most recently, he announced tariffs on certain patented drugs.<\/p>\n The president has signaled on numerous occasions that he is pursuing additional industry-specific tariffs. Mr. Trump can issue these tariffs after the government conducts a national security investigation, which it has initiated for wind turbines, another industry that the president has sought to tax.<\/p>\n In some cases, these industry-specific tariffs do not pile on top of the duties that Mr. Trump has imposed on specific countries. For others, like the European Union, agreements brokered with the United States would override the sector-specific duties.<\/p>\n There is perhaps no country that Mr. Trump has targeted more than China. At various moments over the last year, the two sides engaged in an escalating tit-for-tat trade battle using tariffs, including ones that were ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n The two sides eventually reached a truce that brought down many of their punishing duties, at least while the countries could continue to negotiate new trade terms. Mr. Trump is set to meet with his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, in May.<\/p>\n \u201dReciprocal\u201c Rate rise as China responds<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Negotiated truce rate<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Reduced \u201cfentanyl\u201d tariff<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n In an earlier conflict over export restrictions, trade between the United States and China essentially came to a halt, rattling financial markets and raising fears of price increases for U.S. consumers.<\/p>\n China has long been in Mr. Trump\u2019s crosshairs, dating back to his first term. Upon returning to office, he initially sought to penalize Beijing for failing to stem the flow of fentanyl into the United States. But he has since wielded tariffs to address a broad range of grievances.<\/p>\n Mr. Trump first took aim at Canada and Mexico in February 2025, announcing a 25 percent import tax on all arriving goods, which the president justified by saying the two nations had not sufficiently helped to combat the flow of fentanyl.<\/p>\n Facing blowback domestically and abroad, he later paused and modified that arrangement to reflect the U.S.M.C.A. while talks continued. The North American trade agreement is set to be reviewed later this year.<\/p>\n Even as Mr. Trump imposed his most unforgiving tariffs, his administration largely left in place a policy that allowed Americans to import goods up to $800 without facing duties. 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