President Donald Trump said his country enters 2,000 million dollars a day through tariffs, although he did not offer details during an act in the White House.
Trump has imposed a series of tariffs on other countries since he assumed office in January.
“We are doing a great job and we are going to close what I call custom agreements, not those that are already made. They are highly personalized agreements. At this time, Japan is flying so far to reach an agreement. South Korea is also coming, and other countries are doing the same,” said the president.
‘EU will be very rich again, very soon’
Trump acknowledged that the only problem is that there are so many countries interested in negotiating with Washington that his team will not be able to “serve so many so fast”, although he stressed that there is no hurry, since the United States “is already receiving money” thanks to the tariffs that companies must pay in customs to introduce foreign products.
As he said, the United States is entering “2,000 million dollars a day” for those tariffs. “It’s a lot of money. And the United States will be very rich again, very soon. They will see it,” he said.
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Trump reiterated that some countries have treated the US “very unfairly” over the years, and mentioned in particular China, which in his opinion “has taken advantage” of his country, has “scammed” and has “left for dead”, until he returned to power to impose protectionist measures.
On April 2, a day that Trump baptized as “The Day of Liberation,” a 10% global tariff announced for all the countries with which the EU maintains commercial relations, a measure that entered into force on Saturday.
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In addition, Trump announced additional tariffs for which Washington considers “the worst offenders”, due to their high commercial deficits with the United States.
These new rates, which will take effect on April 9, include an additional 50% tariff for China, which will raise the total import rate for that country to 104%, as well as a 20% tax for the European Union.
Among the countries most affected by these additional taxes are several Asian economies very dependent on their exports such as Vietnam, which went on to pay 46 %; Taiwan, with 32%; India, with 27%; South Korea, with 25%; and Japan, with 24%.
With information from Reuters and EFE
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