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"Liberation Day" speech
Part of Tariffs in the second Trump administration
Footage of the speech
DateApril 2, 2025 (2025-04-02)
Duration53 minutes
VenueWhite House Rose Garden
LocationWashington D.C., United States
ParticipantsDonald Trump
FootageC-SPAN

The Liberation Day tariffs refer to a broad package of import duties announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 2, 2025—a date he called "Liberation Day". In a White House Rose Garden ceremony, Trump signed Executive Order 14257, titled Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits. This order declared a national emergency over the United States’ "large and persistent" trade deficit and invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to authorize sweeping tariffs on foreign imports.

Trump also signed Executive Order 14256, titled Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports, which closed the de minimis exemption for China, further escalating the China–United States trade war.

Executive Order 14257 imposed a 10% baseline tariff on imports from nearly all countries beginning April 5, with higher rates applied to countries with which the United States carried the largest trade deficits starting April 9. The Trump administration described the measures as "reciprocal" tariffs, asserting they were intended to mirror and counteract foreign trade barriers imposed on U.S. exports. Trade analysts and economists broadly rejected this characterization, noting that the tariffs often exceeded those imposed by trading partners and included countries with which the United States maintained a trade surplus. Economists also argued that the formula the administration used to calculate the "reciprocal" tariffs was overly simplistic and based on flawed economic reasoning.

The "Liberation Day" tariff announcement led to a global market crash. In response, the White House postponed the April 9 tariff increases for 90 days to allow time for negotiations. As of June 2025, the United States had reached agreements with the United Kingdom and China, though substantial tariffs remained in place under the new arrangements.

On May 28, 2025, the United States Court of International Trade ruled Trump had overstepped his authority in imposing tariffs under the IEEPA and ordered the "Liberation Day" tariffs vacated.[1][2] The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a stay while it considered the administration's appeal, allowing the tariffs to remain in effect.[3]

Background

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Main article: Tariffs in the second Trump administration

Prior to his "Liberation Day" announcement, Trump had implemented several tariff policies since returning to office in January 2025, including included duties on steel and aluminum imports as well as tariffs targeting China, Canada, and Mexico. The administration had also announced a 25% tariff on imported automobiles and automotive parts scheduled to take effect at midnight on April 3, 2025. These previous measures had already increased the average U.S. tariff rate to approximately 12%, the highest level since World War II according to Deutsche Bank Research.[4][5]

"Reciprocal" tariff policy

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Executive Order 14257
Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits
Seal of the President of the United States
Front page of Executive Order 14257
TypeExecutive order
Number14257
PresidentDonald Trump
SignedApril 2, 2025
Federal Register details
Federal Register
document number		2025-06063
Publication dateApril 7, 2025

Development

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In a memo signed February 13, 2025, Trump directed his staff to research both monetary and non-monetary trade barriers imposed by foreign countries against U.S. exports and to develop custom "reciprocal tariffs" to counter and penalize each one.[6][7] He instructed them to consider factors such as existing tariffs, exchange rates, and trade balances in their analysis. Lutnick said his team would have a plan ready by April 1, 2025.[6] Trump announced that he would unveil the reciprocal tariffs on April 2, 2025, a date he referred to as "Liberation Day".[8][9]

Reuters reported the Trump administration struggled to design reciprocal tariffs because each of the 186 members of the World Customs Organization applied different duties.[10] The administration initially considered dividing all countries into tiers of high, medium, and low trade barriers.[11] Later, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett told Fox Business that the administration would focus on the United States' largest trading partners and assign each individualized tariff rates.[11][8] Hassett stated that "more than 100 countries don't really have any tariffs on us and don't have any non-tariff barriers" and that only "10 to 15 countries" were a concern.[8]

However, on March 30 Trump told reporters, "I don't know who told you 10 or 15", dismissing the idea as a "rumor" and reiterating plans to implement tariffs globally.[12][13] Although numerous countries attempted to preemptively negotiate deals in the weeks leading up to April 2, no exemptions were granted.[14][15] The lack of clarity contributed to significant economic volatility.[16][17][18]

Bloomberg News reported Senior Counselor Peter Navarro had urged Trump to adopt either a 25% global import tariff or a "reciprocal" tariff formula based on trade deficits, while Bessent and Hassett supported more nuanced and targeted tariffs. Bessent encouraged using tariffs primarily as a negotiating tool, while Navarro saw them as a means to transform trade relationships. Trump ultimately adopted Navarro's idea of "reciprocal" tariffs.[19][20]

Announcement

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Tables of all countries and territories affected and associated tariff rates. Note that the amounts listed as "Tariffs charged to the USA" are disputed by most economists, for instance, Heard Island and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.[21] (Countries receiving the 10% tariff were not explicitly listed in the Executive Order.)

In a White House Rose Garden address on April 2, 2025, Trump declared that April 2 was "Liberation Day", describing the announcement as "one of the most important days in American history" and "our declaration of economic independence". The President signed Executive Order 14257, which declared a "national emergency" to address what he described as a "large and persistent U.S. trade deficit". Trump stated in his announcement speech, "We're going to start being smart, and we're going to start being very wealthy again." He said the new policy would boost domestic production, create American jobs, and generate "trillions and trillions of dollars to reduce our taxes and pay down our national debt".[22] Trump characterized the tariff implementation as "kind", saying the U.S. would tariff other countries at half the rate the administration had calculated their trade barriers to be worth.[23]

Trump unveiled a two-tier tariff structure: a baseline 10% tariff applied to imports from all countries not subject to other sanctions, and additional country-specific "reciprocal" tariffs ranging between 11% and 50% for the countries with which the U.S. had the greatest trade deficits. The administration asserted that trade deficits were representative of unfair trade practices, an idea disputed by economists.[24] The 10% baseline tariff would begin at 12:01 a.m. EDT on April 5, 2025 (04:01 UTC), while the higher country-specific rates would commence at 12:01 a.m. EDT on April 9, 2025.[25]

Politico described the measures as "the most significant US protectionist trade action since the 1930s", when Congress passed the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act.[26] Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell described the tariffs, and their likely economic impact, as "significantly larger than expected".[27]

Excluded goods

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The following goods were not impacted by the "Liberation Day" tariffs, including the 10% baseline tariff:[28]

  • All articles subject to 50 USC 1702(b), such as books and other informational materials.
  • Steel and aluminum products, which were separately impacted by a 25% universal Section 232 tariff.
  • Automobiles and automobile parts, which were separately impacted by a 25% universal Section 232 tariff.
  • Copper, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, lumber articles, certain critical minerals, and energy and energy products, some of which were under investigation for Section 232 tariffs.
  • Any products that become subject to future Section 232 tariffs.
  • Imports from Mexico and Canada, which were impacted by previous executive orders. If those orders were revoked, imports from Mexico and Canada not compliant with the USMCA would receive a 12% tariff.
  • Imports from countries subject to Column 2 of the HTSUS, which at the time were Cuba, North Korea, Russia, and Belarus.[29]
  • Smartphones, computers and various electronic parts were added to the list of excluded goods on April 11, 2025.[30]
"Reciprocal tariffs" by country (April 2, 2025)[31][32]
Country or territory Rate
 Algeria 30%
 Angola 32%
 Bangladesh 37%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 35%
 Botswana 37%
 Brunei 24%
 Cambodia 49%
 Cameroon 11%
 Chad 13%
 China 34%
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11%
 Equatorial Guinea 13%
 European Union 20%
 Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) 41%
 Fiji 32%
 Guyana 38%
 India 26%
 Indonesia 32%
 Iraq 39%
 Israel 17%
 Ivory Coast 21%
 Japan 24%
 Jordan 20%
 Kazakhstan 27%
 Laos 48%
 Lesotho 50%
 Libya 31%
 Liechtenstein 37%
 Madagascar 47%
 Malawi 17%
 Malaysia 24%
 Mauritius 40%
 Moldova 31%
 Mozambique 16%
 Myanmar 44%
 Namibia 21%
 Nauru 30%
 Nicaragua 18%
 Nigeria 14%
 North Macedonia 33%
 Norway 15%
 Pakistan 29%
 Philippines 17%
 Serbia 37%
 South Africa 30%
 South Korea 25%
 Sri Lanka 44%
  Switzerland 31%
 Syria 41%
 Taiwan 32%
 Thailand 36%
 Tunisia 28%
 Vanuatu 22%
 Venezuela 15%
 Vietnam 46%
 Zambia 17%
 Zimbabwe 18%
All other non-exempt countries 10%

Formula calculation

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Soon after the unveiling, financial journalist James Surowiecki reported that the final "reciprocal tariff" policy appeared to calculate the value of a country's trade barriers by dividing the U.S. trade deficit with the country by the value of U.S. imports from the country, where both the trade deficit and the imports focus only on goods, rather than both goods and services.[33][34] The "reciprocal" tariff rate Trump imposed was then calculated by dividing that value in half.[35] For example, dividing the US's 2024 trade deficit in goods with China, $295 billion, by the amount that the U.S. imported from China, $439 billion, results in the 67% trade barrier value the U.S. assigned to China: $295bn ÷ $439bn = 0.67 which, as a percentage, is 67%.[36]

The Trump administration later published their trade barrier formula online, which simplified to the same formula.[33][37] With variable i representing a country, mi representing imports of goods from that country, and xi representing exports of goods to that country, the formula given by the White House is as follows:

The Trump administration formula included measures of elasticity set at ε = −4 and φ = 0.25, then multiplied them for ε × φ = −1, which resulted in no change except to make the result positive when ε × φ was multiplied to other parts of the calculation as defined in the formula.[33] Thus, with xi − mi being the trade deficit for goods, the formula simplifies to Surowiecki's:

The "discounted" tariff rate is then calculated by dividing the result by 2, making the final formula:

The Trump administration's Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) explained that the tariffs "are calculated as the tariff rate necessary to balance bilateral trade deficits between the U.S. and each of our trading partners", aiming to "drive bilateral trade deficits to zero".[38] However, even countries with which the U.S. runs a trade surplus, such as Australia, received the baseline tariff of 10%.[39]

Impacted regions

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The White House's initial list of impacted areas included the Heard Island and McDonald Islands, a remote uninhabited Antarctic territory of Australia.[40] A tariff of 29% was proposed for Norfolk Island, which has a population around 2,000 and also belongs to Australia; the rest of Australia received a tariff of 10%.[41] The initial list also proposed tariffs of 10% on the British Indian Ocean Territory, whose population is solely composed of the inhabitants of the joint American-British military base of Diego Garcia, numbering some 3,000 American and British military contractors.[42]

The decision to impose tariffs on some of these regions appears to have been based on inaccurate trade data. An analysis of United States import records by The Guardian revealed that some shipments to the US were erroneously recorded as originating from remote territories instead of their actual countries of origin. These misclassified imports included items such as wine, aquarium systems, and Timberland boots.[43]

The highest tariffs of 50% were placed on Lesotho, described by Trump as a country that "nobody had ever heard of"; a 50% tariff was also initially proposed for France's Saint Pierre and Miquelon islands, with a population of around 5,000.[40] Other countries facing some of the highest tariffs are Cambodia (49%), Laos (48%), Madagascar (47%), Vietnam (46%), and Myanmar (44%).[44]

Excluded regions

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Six countries were exempted from the "reciprocal" tariffs: Belarus, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, North Korea, and Russia.[45]

The White House said that Canada and Mexico were exempted because Trump previously issued executive orders imposing tariffs of 25% on the two countries for non-USMCA goods.[46] If those orders were revoked, non-USMCA goods from Canada and Mexico would receive a 12% tariff.[28]

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Russia had been spared the tariffs because American sanctions on Russia already "preclude meaningful trade" between the two countries, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was because the USA has no trade with Russia.[47] This was despite the value of U.S.-Russian trade being $3.5 billion in 2024, greater than U.S. trade with countries such as Mauritius or Brunei,[48][49] who were tariffed by 40% and 24% respectively.[50]

Similarly, Leavitt cited that Belarus, Cuba, and North Korea had been exempted because American sanctions on them were already high.[47] However, Syria, which has been under American sanctions for 20 years, did receive a heightened tariff of 41%.[51][52]

Reactions

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On its website explaining the "reciprocal tariff" formula, the office of the USTR cited research papers by several economists, many of whom criticized the White House for misinterpreting and incorrectly applying their research.[53] Anson Soderbery, whose work was cited, said his research was meant to discourage exactly the types of policies the White House was implementing.[54] Brent Neiman said the administration used the wrong variable from his research—leading to results four times too high—and that trade deficits reflect economic fundamentals, not unfair trade.[55]

Economic experts criticized the formula for being overly simplistic with little relation to trade barriers,[54][38][56] with The Economist describing it as "almost as random as taxing you on the number of vowels in your name".[57] Some economists likened fears over trade deficits to worrying about having a "deficit" with a grocery store, emphasizing that buying more than you sell in a mutually beneficial exchange is not inherently problematic.[38][58] Media outlets reported that asking ChatGPT and other large language models for a global tariff formula that compensates for trade deficits resulted in the same formula used by the administration.[59][60][61]

In April 2025, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 73% of Americans expect a price surge under the Trump tariffs while 57% oppose the tariffs.[62] Trump also saw a drop in his overall approval rating following the announcement.[63][64]

Executive Order 14256

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Executive Order 14256
Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports
Seal of the President of the United States
Front page of Executive Order 14256
TypeExecutive order
Number14256
PresidentDonald Trump
SignedApril 2, 2025
Federal Register details
Federal Register
document number		2025-06063
Publication dateApril 7, 2025

On "Liberation Day", President Donald Trump also signed Executive Order 14256.[65] Building on earlier directives establishing tariffs on Chinese goods, the order eliminated the de minimis exemption for imports from China and Hong Kong. This exemption had allowed shipments valued under $800—the de minimis threshold—to enter the United States duty-free. Under the revised policy, such shipments from China and Hong Kong became subject to tariffs and formal customs procedures.[66]

Trump had previously attempted to revoke the de minimis exemption for China on February 4, 2025, but reinstated it three days later after the closure caused severe processing backlogs at U.S. ports of entry.[67][68] In the executive order, Trump stated that the Secretary of Commerce had since confirmed the readiness of customs systems to manage the increased volume.[69] Subsequently, Executive Order 14257 directed the United States to end the de minimis exemption globally once customs infrastructure was capable of doing so.[70]

Among the largest beneficiaries of the de minimis exemption had been Chinese e-commerce companies such as Shein and AliExpress.[71] Following the closure, Chinese e-commerce company Temu said it would stop selling goods from China directly to US customers.[72]

Market crash

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Main article: 2025 stock market crash

Immediately after Trump's April 2 announcement, global stock markets sunk sharply lower. In Japanese markets, the Nikkei 225 dropped 2.8% while the TOPIX dropped 3.1%.[73] In Europe, the FTSE 100 was down 1.6%, while the CAC 40 in Paris fell 3.3%. The German DAX also fell 3.1%.[74] In the United States, stock futures tied to the S&P 500 fell 3.9%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 2.7%, and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 4.7%.[75]

On April 3, the S&P 500 Index fell over 274 points or 4.88%, the second largest daily point loss ever,[76] and the Nasdaq Composite fell over 1,050 points or 5.97%, the largest point loss in its history.[76] The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,679.39 points, or 3.98%, then the fifth-largest point loss in its history.[76] The same day, Bessent told "every country": "do not retaliate, sit back, take it in, let's see how it goes, because, if you retaliate, there will be escalation."[77] President Trump said events were "going very well" and "markets are going to boom, the stock is going to boom, the country is going to boom."[78] On April 6, while the stock markets continued to fall, Trump said that his tariffs "are already in effect, and a beautiful thing to behold".[79]

Market volatility remained high as the 10% minimum tariff took effect on April 5 and China retaliated against the tariff imposition.[80] On April 7, futures trading in Japan triggered the circuit breaker after an 8.03% fall.[81] After several tit-for-tat rounds of escalation, the U.S. raised the minimum tariff on Chinese goods to 145% and China implemented a 125% tariff on American goods.[82] The U.S. de minimis tariff rate for Chinese shipments, which had been set by EO 14256 to 30%, was raised to 120%.[66]

Walk back and 90 day pause

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See also: 2025 stock market crash § Tariff walk backs and market reversal

On the morning of April 9, the head of FX at Deutsche Bank told investors, "We are witnessing a simultaneous collapse in the price of all U.S. assets including equities, the dollar ... and the bond market."[83] That afternoon, Trump announced on Truth Social that country-specific reciprocal tariffs, which had gone into effect that morning, would be paused for 90 days for all countries except China.[84] Imports from all other countries were sustained at the 10% baseline tariff.[85] Other global tariffs on products like cars, steel, and aluminum imposed previously under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act also remained in effect.[86]

Politico reported that Bessent had flown to Florida a few days earlier to lobby Trump against the tariffs, warning him that the stock market would continue to decline unless he changed course.[87] The Wall Street Journal reported that while Navarro met with Hasset on the morning of April 9, Bessent and Lutnick took advantage of Navarro's absence to speak to Trump again and convince him to pause the tariffs.[88] After the walk back, Bessent said the pause was meant to provide time for bespoke negotiations with each country.[89] Trump told reporters, "I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line ... You know, they were getting a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid".[90] He said he had been watching the bond market, which had shown signs of crashing the night before.[91]

U.S. President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer present their signed trade deal at the 51st G7 summit. While the agreement cut section 232 tariffs such as those on automobiles, the 10% "Liberation Day" tariff remained in place.

Stocks surged within minutes of the 90 day pause announcement, with the S&P 500 rising 9.52% for its largest one-day gain since 2008.[92][93] Citi analysts warned, "We do not see the scenario as being as encouraging as markets do," noting that the remaining tariffs still represented a substantial new burden.[94] Analysts at Bloomberg Economics estimated the US's average tariff rate would still rise to 24% from 2% the year prior.[95]

On April 11, the administration further exempted electronics such as smartphones and computers from the "reciprocal" tariffs.[96] Trump shifted his focus toward negotiating trade agreements, reportedly sidelining Navarro and appointing Bessent as his top economic advisor.[97][98] On May 8, the President announced his first post-"Liberation Day" trade deal with the United Kingdom. The U.S. reduced some Section 232 tariffs, but the 10% tariff imposed under the IEEPA remained in place.[99] The following day, Trump stated that the 10% baseline would remain for all nations unless the United States received an “exceptional” offer.[100]

The U.S. and China reached a deal on May 12 under which China cut tariffs on U.S. goods to 10% and the U.S. cut tariffs on Chinese goods to 30%. Trump also issued Executive Order 14298, which reduced the tariff on Chinese de minimis shipments from 120% to 54%.[101] The next day, on May 13, the S&P 500 turned positive for the year.[102]

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At least seven cases were filed in American federal courts challenging Trump's authority to impose tariffs under IEEPA.[103][104] On May 28, 2025, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) issued a summary judgement for V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump and Oregon v. Department of Homeland Security ruling that Trump had overstepped his authority under the IEEPA. The court invalidated all tariffs imposed under that law, including the "Liberation Day" tariffs.[105][1] A Washington D.C. district court also ruled against the Trump administration in Learning Resources v. Trump.[106] Both rulings are on hold while the administration appeals, allowing the tariffs to remain in effect.[107]

See also

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Notes

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