U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he intends to impose auto tariffs “in the neighborhood of 25 per cent” and similar duties on semiconductors and pharmaceutical imports, the latest in a series of measures threatening to upend international trade.

On Friday, Trump said levies on automobiles would come as soon as April 2, the day after members of his cabinet are due to deliver reports to him outlining options for a range of import duties as he seeks to reshape global trade.

Trump told reporters on Tuesday that sectoral tariffs on pharmaceuticals and semiconductor chips would also start at “25 per cent or higher, and it will go very substantially higher over the course of a year.”

  • snooggums
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    402 days ago

    Yes, by enacting a plan concocted by conservative shit holes over the last 40+ years and documented for everyone to see in Project 2025.

    Reasonable people who are aware are freaking out. Reasonable people that are focused on more personal things are likely to catch on once the effects reach them personally.

    Conservative cultists will just blame whoever their propaganda tells them to.