Tariff Timeline
Timeline of Trump tariff actions and statements since January 20, 2025. Updated continuously.
January 20
Trade agenda: Trump issues a memorandum that outlines his administration’s trade policy and begins implementation of his “American First” trade policy agenda. The memorandum directs departments and agencies to complete certain trade studies by April 1, 2025. Trump Outlines “America First Trade Policy".
Canada and Mexico: Trump says his administration is considering 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico by February 1 unless those countries take stronger measures to stop the flow of unauthorized migrants and fentanyl into the United States.
Universal tariffs: Trump says his proposed tariffs of 10% to 20% on all U.S. imports remain a possibility but "we're not ready for that yet."
China: Trump decides to not immediately impose tariffs on China, but instead indicates his intention to negotiate with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
January 26
Colombia: Trump threatens a 25% tariff on all Colombian imports for Colombia’s refusal to accept the military flights aircraft carrying deported migrants. Colombia agrees to “all of President Trump’s terms,” and the Trump administration agrees not to impose the tariffs.
January 27
Universal tariffs: Trump says he wants to impose universal tariffs that are “much bigger” than the 2.5% tariffs that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent supported.
Onshoring production: Trump says he will impose tariffs as high as 100% on “foreign production of computer chips, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals to return production of these essential goods to the United States.”
Metals: Trump indicates that his administration will consider tariffs on steel, copper, and aluminum.
January 30
Mexico and Canada: Trump says he will to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, beginning February 1.
Protecting reserve currency: Trump warns that he will impose 100% tariffs on BRIC countries if they attempt to replace the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency.
January 31
Onshoring production: Trump says he will impose tariffs on February 18 on a wide range of imports in February, including pharmaceuticals, computer chips, oil and gas, and steel.
February 1
Mexico and Canada: Trump orders additional tariffs of 25% on imports from Mexico, 25% on imports from Canada, and 10% on energy imports from Canada to pressure those countries into taking action to reduce illegal migration and the flow of fentanyl into the United States. Mexico, Canada Tariff Threats Signal Shift Toward Geoeconomics and Executive Power
China: Trump also orders 10% additional tariffs on imports from China, effective February 4, 2025. U.S.-China Tariffs Accelerate Changes in Global Economy
February 3
Mexico and Canada: Trump agrees to delay the tariffs by at least 30 days beyond the scheduled February 4, 2025 effective date after Mexico and Canada strike individual border-security agreements with the United States.
February 4
China: The 10% additional tariffs on imports from China and suspension of the $800 “de minimis” exemption for small packages from China take effect.
February 5
China: Trump temporarily delays the suspension of the de minimis provision for goods imported from China, which allows duty-free imports of items worth $800 or less.
February 10-11
Steel and aluminum: Trump imposes 25% tariffs on all U.S. imports of steel and aluminum, effective March 12, 2025. Trump Imposes Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum
February 13
Reciprocal tariffs: Trump issues a memorandum on a “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” to address perceived imbalances in U.S. trade relationships.
India: Trump warns Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of higher U.S. tariffs on Indian goods.
February 18
Reshoring critical industries: Trump says he will impose tariffs “in the neighborhood of 25%” on automobiles, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals.
Auto tariffs: Trump says tariffs on autos will be implemented by April 2, after the completion of the administration’s trade policy review on April 1.
February 19
Lumber: Trump tells reporters that he is considering a 25% tariff on lumber imports.
February 20
Mexico: The Trump administration tells Mexico to impose tariffs on Chinese imports in a U.S. effort to limit further China’s trade in North America.
February 21
Port fee: The USTR proposes a port-entry fee of up to $1.5 million for Chinese-built vessels as part of the USTR’s investigation into China's domination of the global shipbuilding, maritime, and logistics sectors.
Digital taxes: Trump issues a memorandum stating that his administration is considering tariffs on countries that impose digital services taxes on U.S. technology firms.
February 24
Mexico and Canada: Trump says tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada will be implemented March 4, 2025 due to the failure to limit the flow of fentanyl into the United States.
February 25
Copper: Trump directs Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to investigate the need for possible tariffs on copper for national security purposes.
February 26
EU: Trump threatens 25% tariffs on imports from the EU.
February 27
China: Trump says the additional 10% tariff on Chinese imports will take effect March 4, 2025.
March 1
Lumber: Trump orders a trade investigation into the need for possible tariffs on lumber imports for national security purposes.
March 3
China: Trump increases the 10% tariff on all imports from China to 20%, effective March 4, 2025, bringing the total tariff on some Chinese products to 45%.
Agriculture: Trump announces on social media tariffs on “external” farm imports on April 2, 2025.
March 4
Mexico and Canada: Tariffs of 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada go into effect after a 30-day reprieve.
March 5
Mexico and Canada: Trump grants a one-month exemption on his new tariffs impacting goods from Mexico and Canada for U.S. automakers.
March 6
Mexico and Canada: Trump widens the one-month reprieve from 25% tariffs for to cover more broadly goods covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
March 10
Canadian steel and aluminum: Trump threatens to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50% after Ontario, Canada Premier Doug Ford imposed a 25% charge on electricity exports to the United States in response to the steel tariffs.
March 11
Canadian steel and aluminum: Trump decides not to double tariffs on some Canada imports, and Ford pauses the tax on electricity.
Japan: Trump administration officials criticize Japan for “tariffing rice 700%,” signaling that rice could be targeted in reciprocal tariffs.
March 12
Steel and aluminum: Tariffs of 25% on all steel and aluminum imports take effect.
Steel and aluminum: Trump says the United States would respond to EU countermeasures against the steel and aluminum tariffs.
Ireland: Trump criticizes Ireland over trade imbalances and their policies that drew pharmaceutical companies away from the United States.
March 13
EU: Trump threatens tariffs of 200% on EU wine, champaign, and alcoholic beverages if the EU imposes a 50% tariff on U.S. whiskey.
March 16
Trade agreements: Rubio says the United States could engage in new trade deals after reciprocal tariffs are imposed.
Steel and aluminum: Trump says he will not offer any exemptions on the 25% aluminum and steel tariffs.
Autos: Trump states that reciprocal tariffs and additional tariffs on autos, steel, and aluminum will go into effect on April 2.
March 18
Reciprocal tariffs: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Trump administration will focus reciprocal tariffs on the “dirty 15” countries deemed most responsible for unfair commercial practices.
March 19
India: Trump says India is “one of the highest tariffing nations in the world” and will be hit with reciprocal tariffs on April 2.
March 24
Reciprocal tariffs: Trump says he “may give a lot of countries breaks” on the reciprocal tariffs, which are schedule to take effect April 2.
Reshoring critical industries: Trump says he will soon announce tariffs targeting automobiles, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and lumber in addition to “reciprocal tariffs.”
Venezuela: Trump says the United States will impose “secondary tariffs” of 25% tariffs on countries that buy oil and gas from Venezuela, beginning April 2, 2025.
Tariff revenue: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the administration would announce on April 2, 2025 plans for the “External Revenue Service” to oversee tariff collection.
March 25
Reciprocal tariffs: Trump says he will “probably be more lenient than reciprocal, because if I was reciprocal, that would be very tough for people.”
March 26
Reciprocal tariffs: Trump says reciprocal tariffs will cover all countries but with lower rates than expected. “We’re going to make it all countries, and we’re going to make it very lenient,” he said.
Autos: Trump announces new 25% tariffs on imports of automobiles, effective April 3, 2025, with tariffs on automobile parts following 90 days later.
China: Trump introduces idea of reducing tariffs on China in exchange for a TikTok divestiture deal by the April 5, 2025 deadline. “Maybe I’ll give them a little reduction in tariffs or something to get it done,” he said.
March 27
Trump states in a social media post that he will impose additional tariffs on the EU and Canada: “If the European Union works with Canada in order to do economic harm to the USA, large scale Tariffs, far larger than currently planned, will be placed on them both in order to protect the best friend that each of those two countries has ever had!.”
March 30
Trump threatens to impose secondary tariffs of 25% to 50% on buyers of Russian oil if “Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine” and he thinks the failure to make a deal is Russia fault.
April 2
Trump issues an executive order imposing a 10% global tariff on all imports into the United States, effective April 5, 2025, along with higher country-specific “reciprocal tariffs,” effective April 9, 2025. [Read more.]
April 4
Trump extends for the second time the deadline requiring ByteDance to sell U.S. TikTok operations. [Executive Order.]
April 9
Trump increases tariffs on China to 125% and pauses reciprocal tariffs for 90 days for all countries other than China. The reciprocal tariffs were to take effect April 9.