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US Trade Advisor Says Trump Tariff Rates Unlikely To Change

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said tariff rates are 'pretty much set' (Credit: AFP)

New US tariff rates are "pretty much set" with little immediate room for negotiation, Donald Trump's trade advisor said in remarks aired Sunday, also defending the president's politically driven levies against Brazil.

Trump, who has wielded tariffs as a tool of American economic might, has set tariff rates for dozens of economies including the European Union at between 10 and 41 percent come August 7, his new hard deadline for the duties.

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