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Tariff letters will be sent to 12 countries on Monday, outlining the tariffs they will face on exporting goods to the US and providing them with a final non-negotiable offer.
President Donald Trump told reporters about the measure during a press call on Air Force One.
He declined to name which countries would be receiving the letters, saying their identities would be revealed on Monday after the letters have been sent.
“I signed some letters and they’ll go out on Monday, probably twelve,” Trump said.
“Different amounts of money, different amounts of tariffs.”
The US had initially sought a process of negotiation with other nations over the President’s flagship tariff policy, but after difficulties with Japan and the European Union, the administration has settled on a different tack.
At present, the only agreements reached by the Trump administration have been with Britain, which reached a deal to keep 10% tariffs and secured preferential treatment for a number of sectors including cars and aircraft, and with Vietnam, which saw tariffs on Vietnamese goods cut from a threatened 46% to 20%, with some Vietnamese goods allowed to enter the US duty-free.
“The letters are better,” Trump told reporters.
“Much easier to send a letter.”
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