President Donald Trump announced Wednesday afternoon that his promised tariffs will “kind reciprocal.”
At what he called a “Liberation Day” event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Trump said the tariffs that he announced will be “not full reciprocal,” but “approximately half” of what foreign countries levy on American imports.
“This is kind reciprocal, but what we do is we cut it in half. We charge them,” he said. “My answer is very simple. If they complain, if you want your tariff rate to be zero, then you build your product right here in America, because there is no tariff.”
Starting Thursday, the United States will implement reciprocal tariffs on other nations, Trump said.
“It’s been a long time since we even thought of that,” he said. “We used to…
