The sweeping new tariffs promised by President Donald Trump will go into effect immediately after their formal announcement on April 2, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
During a press briefing on April 1, Leavitt said the administration was prepared to move quickly in launching a new reciprocal trade policy aimed at countering decades of unfair foreign competition.
Leavitt said the administration intends to reward companies that manufacture in the United States.
“If you make your product in America, you will pay no tariffs,” she said.
She added later in remarks, “If they want to be absolved of that tariff—then they can come here to the United States of America to do business [and] bring their jobs here.”...
