Permanent record
Trump declared a trade emergency and announced broad reciprocal tariffs
- Event date
- Category
- Economy and trade
- Posture:
- Emergency tariff action
The administration used emergency authorities to impose a baseline tariff and country-specific rates. The asserted emergency and projected benefits were administration positions; subsequent legal and economic outcomes require separate dated entries.
Dated sources
- — White House fact sheet (Primary executive record)
Correction status
No substantive correction recorded for this version.
Canonical citation
Trump declared a trade emergency and announced broad reciprocal tariffs. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2025-04-02-reciprocal-tariffs/
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