Despite Trump pause, overall US tariff rate at highest in a century

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : He has referred to them as a means to raise government revenue, boost the country's industrial sectors and to pressure other governments on US priorities.
53% : Also off the hook from these are copper, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and lumber -- although these are sectors that Trump is mulling levies on. Gold and silver, as well as energy commodities, are excluded too. - Autos, metals - Trump has also targeted individual business sectors in his second term.
53% : Although the EU adopted countermeasures against US metals tariffs, the bloc said Thursday it would put the planned duties -- hitting more than 20 billion euros ($22.3 billion) in US goods -- on hold for 90 days. - Other threats - Beyond expansive tariffs on Chinese products, Trump recently ordered the closure of a duty-free exemption for low-value parcels from the country as well.
50% : Analysts have also pointed out that Trump's actions marked the biggest tariff increase since the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930, which deepened the Great Depression. - Shrinking imports - Trump has claimed the United States was "taking in almost $2 billion a day" from tariffs.
48% : Besides imposing sweeping new 10 percent tariffs on goods from most US trading partners, Trump has also unleashed steep duties on imports of steel, aluminum and autos since his White House return.
48% : But autos imported under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) can qualify for a lower levy, while compliant auto parts are tariff-free until a process is set up to target non-US content. - Canada, Mexico - Canadian and Mexican imports were initially hard hit by 25 percent US tariffs -- with a lower rate for Canadian energy.
47% : Trump has since paused the steeper levels until July 9.
46% : Trump has opened the door for 25 percent tariffs too on goods from countries importing Venezuelan oil.
45% : With Chinese tariffs reaching punitive levels, even conservative estimates suggest that China's share of imports "should shrink dramatically," said JPMorgan chief US economist Michael Feroli in a recent note.
41% : Many goods from the world's second biggest economy now face levies of at least 145 percent -- the total additional figure Trump has imposed this year.
36% : "That's mostly due to the fact that we still have a 125 percent tariff rate on China," he said, referring to the latest duty Trump imposed on Chinese goods.
19% : Trump targeted both neighbors saying they did not do enough on illegal immigration and the flow of illicit drugs across borders.
18% : Here is a rundown of what Trump has implemented in his second presidency, as a trade tussle between Washington and Beijing again escalates. - China focus - China faces the harshest of Trump's tariffs, with a staggering rate of 145 percent imposed this year.
10% : Trump's fresh tariffs on Chinese imports stack atop those from previous administrations. - Global tariffs - While Trump reserved his heaviest blow for rival China, other US allies and partners have not been spared.

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