President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States will impose tariffs on external agricultural products starting next month. The announcement comes as the Trump administration is set to impose duties on products from Canada and Mexico this week.
Trump wrote on social media Monday that U.S. farms can “get ready to start making a lot of agricultural product to be sold inside of the United States. Tariffs will go on external product on April 2nd.”
His post didn’t provide more details on the tariff amount, what products would be impacted by the tariffs, or if any exemptions would be included. Also unclear is if the decision is part of a previously announced plan to enact reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners….