Article 6YP68 Trump threatens to impose drug and chip tariffs as soon as 1 August

Trump threatens to impose drug and chip tariffs as soon as 1 August

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Joanna Partridge
from US news | The Guardian on (#6YP68)

US president talks of low tariff to give pharmaceutical firms a year or so to build, and then making it very high'

Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical products and semiconductors as soon as 1 August, the latest deadline for the introduction of his reciprocal" levies on individual countries.

The US president told reporters late on Tuesday the taxes on drug imports could be announced probably at the end of the month, and we're going to start off with a low tariff and give the pharmaceutical companies a year or so to build, and then we're going to make it a very high tariff".

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