The US president Donald Trump Clear today (08.07.2025) that it would not offer any additional extension to the new August 1st deadline to begin paying the so -called reciprocal recipients. duties.
“The duties will begin to be paid on August 1, 2025. There has been no change on this date and there will be no change,” Donald Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform. “In other words, all the money will be demanding and payable from August 1, 2025 – no extension will be given.”
Trump began alerting the trade partners of the new contributions on Monday, before this week’s initially scheduled deadline for countries to complete trade negotiations with his government.
But the new letters, which set out unilateral duties in countries that had not reached agreements, came in parallel with an executive decree that delayed the date of imposing duties for three weeks, essentially giving the commercial partners extending to talks. Trump also said Monday night that the August 1 deadline was not “100% stable” when he was talking to reporters, indicating that he could be influenced by additional concessions.
This reservation – coupled with Trump’s signaling that he is still negotiating additional agreements – fueled the skepticism of some in Washington and Wall Street that the president would follow his latest tariff threats.
Trump’s post came after investors seemed to greatly evaluate his letters on the demand for duties issued on Monday, with shares on Tuesday morning ranging near historically high. After a Selloff that drove the S&P 500 slightly lower, the index ranged about 6,200 points.
This move was only the last on a commercial agenda that has seen many delays and reversals, as Trump has used the duty threat to reshape world trade flows and push companies to transfer more jobs to production in the United States, upsetting financial markets.
Trump initially announced the highest reciprocal duties to more than 50 commercial partners on April 2, but reduced these duties temporarily to 10% for 90 days, allowing time for negotiations. This deadline was due to expire this week, but Trump signed an executive decree on Monday, posting the application by August 1st.
While the government initially talked about plans for parallel negotiations with dozens of partners, so far the US has only finalized Framework trade deals with the United Kingdom and Vietnam-with many basic details to remain unresolved-and have achieved a truce with China. in countries.
The duty notifications that were sent on Monday has largely maintained the rates that Trump had earlier stated that the nations would face whether the conversations did not secure agreements. Japan and South Korea were hit with 25%duties, while South Africa received 30%and Laos and Myanmar were hit with 40%contributions.
Trump has warned states not to retaliate, saying that any move to deal with the US will see duties grow by the same amount.