{"id":897,"date":"2025-08-07T18:45:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/trumps-endless-new-tariffs-are-threatening-businesses-and-you\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T18:45:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:45:46","slug":"trumps-endless-new-tariffs-are-threatening-businesses-and-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/trumps-endless-new-tariffs-are-threatening-businesses-and-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s endless new tariffs are threatening businesses \u2014 and you"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/STKS488_TARIFFS_4_CVirginia_C.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Stop me if you&rsquo;ve heard this one before: a new wave of tariffs are taking effect today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Announced on July 31st, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/07\/further-modifying-the-reciprocal-tariff-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest set of tariffs<\/a> imposed by President Donald Trump on foreign imports &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/politico-nightly\/2025\/08\/01\/why-trumps-newly-announced-tariffs-arent-a-done-deal-00434342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">possibly illegally<\/a> &#8211; will set a floor of 15 percent for around 40 countries with a trade deficit with the US. There&rsquo;s an even higher rate for another couple dozen countries, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/31\/business\/tariffs-trade-trump-deadline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as <em>CNN<\/em> has reported<\/a>. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/06\/business\/trump-tariffs-in-effect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raises the floor<\/a> for many countries from the universal tariff rate of 10 percent that Trump previously levied, though some goods, like smartphones, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/07\/tech\/trump-india-tariffs-apple-iphone-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carved out of higher rates<\/a>. Tariff escalation seems far from over, with Trump threatening on Wednesday  \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/754356\/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-august\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop me if you&rsquo;ve heard this one before: a new wave of tariffs are taking effect today. 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