Trump raised the basic tariff rate from 5 % to 5 %! – Mehr News Agency Iranian and world news

US President Donald Trump says the so -called US mutual tariff rate against other countries will not be less than 5 %; A sign that Trump has also increased the basic tariff from 2 to 5 percent.

“We will have a straightforward and simple tariff of between 2 and 5 percent,” Trump said during a meeting in Washington on the subject of artificial intelligence. For a number of countries, it will be 2 % because we haven’t been with them.

Trump’s statement suggests that tariffs will start from a 5 % floor, and also show that the US president is seeking more strict tariffs on exporting countries outside the small group that have so far agreed with Washington.

Trump said earlier this month that more than 5 countries will receive a letter of “2 % to 5 % possible tariff rate” and said “we have not decided yet.”

The US president announced on Tuesday that after agreeing with Japan, the threat had come out of its threat and reduced tariff rates on the country by 5 % to 5 %.

He said yesterday that “for some countries there will be a very simple tariff because there are many countries that cannot be agreed.” He also said that negotiations with the European Union are “serious” and added: “If they open the union to American businesses, then we will impose less tariff against them.”