President Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (R), discusses his decorating of the Cabinet Room during a cabinet meeting at the White House on July 08, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump signaled he would send more letters Wednesday dictating new U.S. tariff rates on a slew of countries’ imports, leaning into his aggressive approach to resetting America’s global trade relationships.
The Trump administration “will be releasing a minimum of 7 Countries having to do with trade, tomorrow morning,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Tuesday evening.
An “additional number of Countries” will be “released” Wednesday afternoon, he wrote.
While the wording of Trump’s post was unclear, he appeared to be suggesting that he will repeat his actions from Monday, when he shared screenshots of letters telling 14 countries’ leaders that their exports to the U.S. would face steep new tariffs starting Aug. 1.
The nearly identical two-page letters signed by Trump were sent to Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Laos, Myanmar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tunisia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Serbia, Cambodia and Thailand.
The rates for each country range from 25% to 40%. The letters note that the U.S. will “perhaps” consider adjusting the new tariff levels, “depending on our relationship with your Country.”
Many of those rates are close to what Trump had imposed as part of his “liberation day” tariff rollout on April 2, which set a 10% baseline levy for nearly all countries on earth and slapped much higher duties on dozens of individual nations.
That announcement sparked a week of turmoil in global trading markets, which only ended when Trump abruptly said he would pause those higher rates for 90 days.
That reprieve was set to expire Wednesday. But on Monday, Trump signed an executive order delaying the tariff deadline until Aug. 1.
In another post earlier Tuesday, Trump asserted that “there will be no change” to the August start date.
“No extensions will be granted,” he said.
This is developing news. Please check back for updates.
