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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lisa O’Carroll

Dozens more countries face higher levies on exports to US as new Trump tariffs come into effect

Multicoloured containers on a ship
A cargo ship at the Port of Oakland, California. Trump’s higher tariff levels have come into effect for dozens of countries. Photograph: Noah Berger/AP

Dozens of countries face higher levies on their exports to the US now that Donald Trump’s latest wave of country-specific tariffs has come into force.

The sweeping “reciprocal” rates announced by the White House a week ago – just before a previous 1 August deadline was due to elapse – were in place as of a minute past midnight Washington time on Thursday.

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