Trump Mulls ‘Universal’ Tariff Plans for Critical Imports: WaPo

President-elect Donald Trump’s aides are exploring tariff plans that would be applied to every country but only cover critical imports, Washington Post reports, citing three unidentified people familiar with the matter.

• The current discussions center on imposing them only on certain sectors deemed critical to national or economic security
  • As a candidate, Trump called for “universal” tariffs of as high as 10% or 20% on everything imported into the United States
• No decisions have been finalized and that planning remains in flux
• The Trump transition declined to comment to WaPo on internal planning

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