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Jason Ma

Trump seeks even more aggressive tariffs to fundamentally transform US economy and eyes a single universal duty, report says

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  • President Donald Trump is pressing his staff to take a harder stance on tariffs as part of an effort to transform the US economy, sources told the Washington Post. That could include a universal tariff that hits most imports without regard to the country of origin. The discussions come right before April 2, which Trump has billed as "Liberation Day," when his next batch of tariffs will be unveiled.

As part of an effort to fundamentally transform the US economy, President Donald Trump has been pushing his staff to get even more aggressive on tariffs, sources told the Washington Post.

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