WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on Feb. 12 that he would soon unveil his highly anticipated “reciprocal tariffs,” imposing levies on a wide range of countries, as he had previously warned.
Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office, the president said that he might sign the reciprocal tariffs later that day or the following morning.
He noted that he delayed the announcement to avoid overshadowing Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as his director of national intelligence.
“I don’t want to take anything away from this young lady’s day, because this is her day,” Trump said. “I may do it later on, or I may do it tomorrow morning, but we’ll be signing reciprocal tariffs.”…