The customs duties of Donald Trump will also apply to the appliances containing the steel reports The American Press, which learned of an opinion of the Ministry of Commerce that will be published on Monday, June 16.
Clearly, refrigerators, dryers, washing machines or furnaces will be taxed 50% due to the amount of steel they contain, the level applicable to all imports of steel and raw aluminum.
This measure must enter into force on June 23. It is supposed to protect appliances manufacturers that produce in the American soil.
The New York Times observes that this is one of the first times that current consumer goods are specifically directed from the return to Donald Trump, which announced the duplication of customs barriers on steel and aluminum last week (50% instead of 25%).
1,800 jobs created throughout the country
Trump had already imposed customs tariffs from 20 to 50% in imported washing machines during his first mandate for a mixed result. According to the Federal Reserve, this policy had created 1,800 jobs while causing an increase of 90 dollars of the average price of a washing machine.
Inflation was distributed slightly in the United States last month (+0.1%), to 2.4% for a year, according to an official index published Wednesday, without burning. Economists believe that prices could increase more significantly by the end of the year as the list of products in question is growing.
The new commercial threats of Donald Trump against certain commercial partners in the United States brought a blow to the dollar, which reached their least under Thursday for more than three years.
Source: BFM TV
