🇺🇸The United States has already begun to collect the imposed duties on imported goods, Reuters reports.
This is confirmed by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who said that the new tariffs are taking effect without delay and despite the desire of some countries to negotiate on this issue.
"There is no delay... The president needs to reset global trade: Everyone has a trade surplus, and we have a trade deficit," Lutnik told CBS when asked if Trump was considering delaying the tariffs.
According to Reuters, the US has already begun to impose 10 percent tariffs on a number of countries. The norm has come into force at seaports.
And from Wednesday, it will begin to levy higher tariffs on goods from its 57 largest trading partners, including the EU and China.
Meanwhile, world leaders are planning talks with Trump to reduce or eliminate tariffs. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is flying to Washington today, and the leaders of Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam are also set to call him.
At the same time, Reuters recalls that Trump's decree exempted a thousand categories of goods from new duties, such as pharmaceuticals, uranium and semiconductors (the possibility of imposing duties on them is under consideration).
