US Drug Food Safety 4-8-25

Most fentanyl laced drugs are sold on-line. Banning “on-line” sales of drugs is an obvious way to end fentanyl deaths.

https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/qanda-stop-online-sales-of-illicit-fentanyl

https://harder.house.gov/media/press-releases/harder-sounds-alarm-on-deadly-fentanyl-laced-pills-being-sold-to-kids-on-social-media 

The FDA needs to ensure that all drugs sold in the US are tested by their manufacturers. No drugs should be imported from China. All pharmaceutical drugs sold in the US should be tested by FDA and sold from US Pharmacies. That should end the game of lacing drugs with poisons.

RFK will remove food safety control from food and drug manufacturers and restore the “referee” role of FDA. If he and his staff confirm that the European evaluations of certain additives are harmful, he will ban them in the US. This would allow food exports from the US to the EU.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has highlighted the issue of food additives banned in Europe but allowed in the United States, advocating for stricter regulations and a ban on certain additives, including potassium bromate and potentially red dye #3. 

Here's a more detailed explanation:

RFK Jr.'s Concerns:

RFK Jr. has voiced concerns about the FDA's "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS) rule, which allows manufacturers to bypass pre-market approval for certain food additives, and has called for a review of these additives. 

Examples of Banned Additives:

Potassium Bromate: This is a leavening agent used in bread, but it has been banned in many countries, including those in the European Union, Canada, India, and Peru. 

Titanium Dioxide: This is a whitening agent used in various foods, but it has been banned in the EU due to concerns about potential DNA damage. 

Red Dye #3: This is a synthetic food coloring that is banned in California and Europe. 

EU's Precautionary Principle: The EU's approach to food safety regulations is based on the precautionary principle, meaning regulators try to err on the side of caution and only permit ingredients proven to be safe. 

RFK Jr.'s Actions:RFK Jr. has been advocating for the US to follow suit and ban these additives, citing potential health risks. 

FDA's Response: The FDA has pushed back on Kennedy's claims, stating that the US allows thousands of additives that are banned in the European Union, but they are also working to ensure the safety of food additives. 

Source: Google Search

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

Top Craziest Laws Still on the Books 4-8-25

Did you know it's illegal to educate dogs in Hartford, Connecticut? Or fall asleep under a hair dryer in Florida? In most states, you'll find a number of bizarre laws like these still exist on the books. 

Motorists take heed: If you ever find yourself driving at night through rural parts of Pennsylvania, state law requires that you stop every mile to send up a rocket signal. It's true. And if you see a skittish team of horses coming toward you, be sure to take your car apart, piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes—unless, of course, you want to be in violation of state law.

Seem implausible? Actually, this absurd Pennsylvania law is technically still on the books. Pennsylvania is not alone. If you look hard enough, each state has its own collection of outdated, silly laws. And while these laws may never be enforced, they are still legally valid because no one has bothered to repeal them. Most of these laws are so old, lawmakers themselves aren't even aware that many of them exist.

Have you broken any of these laws?

Let's take Missouri for example. Just so you know—you can't drive down the highway with an uncaged bear in your car. But if you happen to pass into Farmington, Connecticut, you will have to share the road with bovine travelers. In this city, cows have the same rights on the roads as do motorists.

When parking your elephant at a meter in Orlando, Florida, be sure to deposit the same amount of change as you would for a regular motor vehicle. And if you stop for a beer in North Dakota, don't expect to get any pretzels with your beverage. It's against the law in that state to serve beer and pretzels at the same time.

Blue Laws

Blue Laws are those established specifically to prohibit certain behavior on Sundays, or "God's Day." Although in general, few people strictly uphold the Sabbath anymore, many cities and towns across America still have legal reminders of this observance on the books. For example, in Salem, West Virginia, it's against the law to eat candy less than an hour and a half before church service.

In Winona Lake, Wisconsin, it is illegal to eat ice cream at a counter on Sunday. And don't expect to order a slice of cherry pie a la mode in Kansas on the Lord's Day. No restaurant is allowed to serve it unless they're willing to run afoul of local police. Marbles, dominoes, and yo-yos are also banned on Sundays in a handful of states.

Concerning man's best friend

If you are a dog owner, be sure to take care not to violate any of the numerous laws concerning your four-legged pal. If you're planning a short stint in Hartford, Connecticut, you might want to keep your dog's obedience training under wraps. It's against the law to educate dogs in that city.

In some places, it's also against the law to expose your dog to the hazards of smoking. In Illinois, for example, it's illegal to give lighted cigars to your pets—even if they do enjoy a good Cuban from time to time. If you happen to stay in Normal, Oklahoma, be sure to restrain yourself from teasing dogs by making ugly faces. You guessed it, that kind of inflammatory behavior is against the law.

Women and the law

Not surprisingly, many of the antiquated statutes passed in the late 1800s and early 1900s were aimed at protecting the fairer sex from unwanted attention or less-than-flattering reputations. For example, an old city ordinance in Cleveland, Ohio, prohibits women from wearing patent leather shoes in public. The reason? Shiny footwear could afford a nearby gentleman an unintentional peep show.

In many parts of the country, the price of beauty can be stiff. Women in Florida, for example, can be fined for falling asleep under a dryer in a hair salon. And if you're a single thrill-seeker, head someplace else. The Sunshine State also prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sundays.

Forget about trying to publicly adjust your stockings in either Dennison, Texas, or Bristol, Tennessee. Performing such a lewd act could land you a sentence of up to 12 months in the state penitentiary.

If you're a woman living in Michigan, you might want to check with your husband before heading to the hairstylist. According to state law, your hair belongs to your spouse and you'll need his permission before you can alter it.

When visiting Charlotte, North Carolina, don't plan on packing light. According to city law, you must be swathed in at least 16 yards of fabric before stepping out into public. Even in fashion-forward New York City, there are laws concerning how a woman dresses. In the Big Apple, wearing clingy or body-hugging clothing carries a $25 dollar fine.

Not all old laws aimed at women are intended to preserve their virtue, however. Some were apparently designed to promote household hygiene and public safety. For example, Pittsburgh has a special cleaning ordinance on the books that bans housewives from hiding dirt under their rugs. And in Memphis, Tennessee, women can't drive a car unless there is a man with a red flag in front of the car warning the other people on the road.

The times are a-changing

One can easily conclude that some of these silly laws were simply designed to get a laugh or to alleviate the boredom of local legislators. How else could you explain the following Texas law? "When two railroad trains meet at a crossing, each shall stop and neither shall proceed until the other has passed." But as for the rest, you can rest assured they reflect the public standards of the time. If you want to study how public values have changed over the years, there is no better place to start than with your state and local statutes. Not only will you glean some insight into our past prejudices, but also our best intentions. After all, who but a well-intentioned public official would make it a crime to molest butterflies in California?

https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/top-craziest-laws-still-on-the-books

Comments

State, County and City Legislators need to repeal their outdated, useless laws and ordinances. We are not impressed with their sloppiness.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

Tariff Reset 4-7-25

Trump has been announcing what industries he needs to expand in the US for months. This gives all companies and countries a chance to identify their options and issues. These industries have included Steel, Aluminum, Pharmaceuticals and Motor Vehicles. Trump has explained that the US needs to expand these industries to ensure that the US could respond to attacks. Trump is also concluding the US needs its own Iron Dome Missile Defense System and needs to develop hypersonic missiles. 

Trump avoided war with Iran by using total economic isolation in his first term and it will work again. Trump cut taxes in 2017 and revenue increased.  Trump will cut taxes again in 2025 and revenue will increase.

Trump understands that companies and countries will need to consider costs and capabilities as they modify their supply chains based on the Tariffs they choose.

Here's a list of some goods commonly exported to the U.S. from various countries, along with some key trading partners:

Top Goods Exported to the U.S. by Country:

China: Electronics, machinery, clothing, toys, and other manufactured goods.

Mexico: Motor vehicles, parts, and accessories, electronics, and crude oil.

Canada: Crude oil, natural gas, lumber, and other raw materials.

Japan: Motor vehicles, electronics, and machinery.

Germany: Motor vehicles, machinery, and chemicals.

Vietnam: Textiles, electronics, and footwear.

South Korea: Motor vehicles, electronics, and machinery.

Ireland: Pharmaceuticals, machinery, and software.

India: Precious stones, pearls, and metals.

United Kingdom: Financial services, pharmaceuticals, and aircraft.

Thailand: Electronic components, machinery, and rubber. 

 

Key Trading Partners:

Mexico and Canada: Are the largest trading partners with the U.S., accounting for a significant portion of the total trade. 

China: A major supplier of goods to the U.S., particularly manufactured goods. 

EU countries: Germany, the United Kingdom, and Ireland are major trading partners, with exports including vehicles, machinery, and pharmaceuticals. 

 

US Steel and Alcoa Aluminum are expanding their capacity as needed.

US Pharmaceutical Companies have already announced their plans to reshore Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in the US. US Auto Companies are grateful for Trump’s ending the EV Mandate, but would also like to reshore Auto Parts Suppliers where they can.

The countries most affected are China, Mexico and Canada. The Chinese economy is large and China can survive this Tariff deal. Mexico and Canada are likely to loose Auto and Auto Parts plants.

Vietnam has developed capability to manufacture textiles, footwear and Electronics and has announced that their Import Tariff will be Zero, but Vietnam also launders goods for China.

Japan is building a Honda plant and will likely build other plants in the US to lower their corporate tax to 15%. South Korea will likely want to negotiate the best Tariff deal they can and will build more plants in the US.

Taiwan Semiconductor is building a plant in the US.   

AI Facility investors have announced they will invest $5 trillion in US facilities. This will allow massive productivity gains in database development and prevent our current data-handling systems to achieve reliability.

The EU will need to expand its Private Sector Economies by adding manufacturing capabilities and pare back its excessive government costs to reduce taxes on its own populations.

The increase in US oil and gas production will lower energy costs and reverse the Biden Global Inflation. All countries will benefit.

The “golden age” in the US should be more visible over the next 2 years. In the meantime, we may need a second job.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

Trump Tariff Exec Order 4-7-25

Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits. Executive Orders April 2, 2025 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, 

I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that underlying conditions, including a lack of reciprocity in our bilateral trade relationships, disparate tariff rates and non-tariff barriers, and U.S. trading partners’ economic policies that suppress domestic wages and consumption, as indicated by large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits, constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and economy of the United States.  That threat has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States in the domestic economic policies of key trading partners and structural imbalances in the global trading system.  I hereby declare a national emergency with respect to this threat.

On January 20, 2025, I signed the America First Trade Policy Presidential Memorandum directing my Administration to investigate the causes of our country’s large and persistent annual trade deficits in goods, including the economic and national security implications and risks resulting from such deficits, and to undertake a review of, and identify, any unfair trade practices by other countries.  On February 13, 2025, I signed a Presidential Memorandum entitled “Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs,” that directed further review of our trading partners’ non-reciprocal trading practices, and noted the relationship between non-reciprocal practices and the trade deficit.  On April 1, 2025, I received the final results of those investigations, and I am taking action today based on those results.  

Large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits have led to the hollowing out of our manufacturing base; inhibited our ability to scale advanced domestic manufacturing capacity; undermined critical supply chains; and rendered our defense-industrial base dependent on foreign adversaries.  Large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits are caused in substantial part by a lack of reciprocity in our bilateral trade relationships.  This situation is evidenced by disparate tariff rates and non-tariff barriers that make it harder for U.S. manufacturers to sell their products in foreign markets.  It is also evidenced by the economic policies of key U.S. trading partners insofar as they suppress domestic wages and consumption, and thereby demand for U.S. exports, while artificially increasing the competitiveness of their goods in global markets.  These conditions have given rise to the national emergency that this order is intended to abate and resolve.

For decades starting in 1934, U.S. trade policy has been organized around the principle of reciprocity.  The Congress directed the President to secure reduced reciprocal tariff rates from key trading partners first through bilateral trade agreements and later under the auspices of the global trading system.  Between 1934 and 1945, the executive branch negotiated and signed 32 bilateral reciprocal trade agreements designed to lower tariff rates on a reciprocal basis.  After 1947 through 1994, participating countries engaged in eight rounds of negotiation, which resulted in the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and seven subsequent tariff reduction rounds. 

However, despite a commitment to the principle of reciprocity, the trading relationship between the United States and its trading partners has become highly unbalanced, particularly in recent years.  The post-war international economic system was based upon three incorrect assumptions:  first, that if the United States led the world in liberalizing tariff and non-tariff barriers the rest of the world would follow; second, that such liberalization would ultimately result in more economic convergence and increased domestic consumption among U.S. trading partners converging towards the share in the United States; and third, that as a result, the United States would not accrue large and persistent goods trade deficits. 

This framework set in motion events, agreements, and commitments that did not result in reciprocity or generally increase domestic consumption in foreign economies relative to domestic consumption in the United States.  Those events, in turn, created large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits as a feature of the global trading system. 

Put simply, while World Trade Organization (WTO) Members agreed to bind their tariff rates on a most-favored-nation (MFN) basis, and thereby provide their best tariff rates to all WTO Members, they did not agree to bind their tariff rates at similarly low levels or to apply tariff rates on a reciprocal basis.  Consequently, according to the WTO, the United States has among the lowest simple average MFN tariff rates in the world at 3.3 percent, while many of our key trading partners like Brazil (11.2 percent), China (7.5 percent), the European Union (EU) (5 percent), India (17 percent), and Vietnam (9.4 percent) have simple average MFN tariff rates that are significantly higher.  

Moreover, these average MFN tariff rates conceal much larger discrepancies across economies in tariff rates applied to particular products.  For example, the United States imposes a 2.5 percent tariff on passenger vehicle imports (with internal combustion engines), while the European Union (10 percent), India (70 percent), and China (15 percent) impose much higher duties on the same product.  For network switches and routers, the United States imposes a 0 percent tariff, but for similar products, India (10 percent) levies a higher rate.  Brazil (18 percent) and Indonesia (30 percent) impose a higher tariff on ethanol than does the United States (2.5 percent).  For rice in the husk, the U.S. MFN tariff is 2.7 percent (ad valorem equivalent), while India (80 percent), Malaysia (40 percent), and Turkey (an average of 31 percent) impose higher rates.  Apples enter the United States duty-free, but not so in Turkey (60.3 percent) and India (50 percent).

Similarly, non-tariff barriers also deprive U.S. manufacturers of reciprocal access to markets around the world.  The 2025 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE) details a great number of non-tariff barriers to U.S. exports around the world on a trading-partner by trading-partner basis.  These barriers include import barriers and licensing restrictions; customs barriers and shortcomings in trade facilitation; technical barriers to trade (e.g., unnecessarily trade restrictive standards, conformity assessment procedures, or technical regulations); sanitary and phytosanitary measures that unnecessarily restrict trade without furthering safety objectives; inadequate patent, copyright, trade secret, and trademark regimes and inadequate enforcement of intellectual property rights; discriminatory licensing requirements or regulatory standards; barriers to cross-border data flows and discriminatory practices affecting trade in digital products; investment barriers; subsidies; anticompetitive practices; discrimination in favor of domestic state-owned enterprises, and failures by governments in protecting labor and environment standards; bribery; and corruption.

Moreover, non-tariff barriers include the domestic economic policies and practices of our trading partners, including currency practices and value-added taxes, and their associated market distortions, that suppress domestic consumption and boost exports to the United States.  This lack of reciprocity is apparent in the fact that the share of consumption to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the United States is about 68 percent, but it is much lower in others like Ireland (27 percent), Singapore (31 percent), China (39 percent), South Korea (49 percent), and Germany (50 percent).

At the same time, efforts by the United States to address these imbalances have stalled.  Trading partners have repeatedly blocked multilateral and plurilateral solutions, including in the context of new rounds of tariff negotiations and efforts to discipline non-tariff barriers.  At the same time, with the U.S. economy disproportionately open to imports, U.S. trading partners have had few incentives to provide reciprocal treatment to U.S. exports in the context of bilateral trade negotiations.

These structural asymmetries have driven the large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficit.  Even for countries with which the United States may enjoy an occasional bilateral trade surplus, the accumulation of tariff and non-tariff barriers on U.S. exports may make that surplus smaller than it would have been without such barriers.  Permitting these asymmetries to continue is not sustainable in today’s economic and geopolitical environment because of the effect they have on U.S. domestic production.  A nation’s ability to produce domestically is the bedrock of its national and economic security.

Both my first Administration in 2017, and the Biden Administration in 2022, recognized that increasing domestic manufacturing is critical to U.S. national security.  According to 2023 United Nations data, U.S. manufacturing output as a share of global manufacturing output was 17.4 percent, down from a peak in 2001 of 28.4 percent. 

Over time, the persistent decline in U.S. manufacturing output has reduced U.S. manufacturing capacity.  The need to maintain robust and resilient domestic manufacturing capacity is particularly acute in certain advanced industrial sectors like automobiles, shipbuilding, pharmaceuticals, technology products, machine tools, and basic and fabricated metals, because once competitors gain sufficient global market share in these sectors, U.S. production could be permanently weakened.  It is also critical to scale manufacturing capacity in the defense-industrial sector so that we can manufacture the defense materiel and equipment necessary to protect American interests at home and abroad.  

In fact, because the United States has supplied so much military equipment to other countries, U.S. stockpiles of military goods are too low to be compatible with U.S. national defense interests.  Furthermore, U.S. defense companies must develop new, advanced manufacturing technologies across a range of critical sectors including bio-manufacturing, batteries, and microelectronics.  If the United States wishes to maintain an effective security umbrella to defend its citizens and homeland, as well as for its allies and partners, it needs to have a large upstream manufacturing and goods-producing ecosystem to manufacture these products without undue reliance on imports for key inputs. 

Increased reliance on foreign producers for goods also has compromised U.S. economic security by rendering U.S. supply chains vulnerable to geopolitical disruption and supply shocks.  In recent years, the vulnerability of the U.S. economy in this respect was exposed both during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Americans had difficulty accessing essential products, as well as when the Houthi rebels later began attacking cargo ships in the Middle East. 

The decline of U.S. manufacturing capacity threatens the U.S. economy in other ways, including through the loss of manufacturing jobs.  From 1997 to 2024, the United States lost around 5 million manufacturing jobs and experienced one of the largest drops in manufacturing employment in history.  Furthermore, many manufacturing job losses were concentrated in specific geographical areas.  In these areas, the loss of manufacturing jobs contributed to the decline in rates of family formation and to the rise of other social trends, like the abuse of opioids, that have imposed profound costs on the U.S. economy.

The future of American competitiveness depends on reversing these trends.  Today, manufacturing represents just 11 percent of U.S. gross domestic product, yet it accounts for 35 percent of American productivity growth and 60 percent of our exports.  Importantly, U.S. manufacturing is the main engine of innovation in the United States, responsible for 55 percent of all patents and 70 percent of all research and development (R&D) spending.  The fact that R&D expenditures by U.S. multinational enterprises in China grew at an average rate of 13.6 percent a year between 2003 and 2017, while their R&D expenditures in the United States grew by an average of just 5 percent per year during the same time period, is evidence of the strong link between manufacturing and innovation.  Furthermore, every manufacturing job spurs 7 to 12 new jobs in other related industries, helping to build and sustain our economy.

Just as a nation that does not produce manufactured products cannot maintain the industrial base it needs for national security, neither can a nation long survive if it cannot produce its own food.  Presidential Policy Directive 21 of February 12, 2013 (Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience), designates food and agriculture as a “critical infrastructure sector” because it is one of the sectors considered “so vital to the United States that [its] incapacity or destruction . . . would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.”  Furthermore, when I left office, the United States had a trade surplus in agricultural products, but today, that surplus has vanished.  Eviscerated by a slew of new non-tariff barriers imposed by our trading partners, it has been replaced by a projected $49 billion annual agricultural trade deficit. For these reasons, I hereby declare and order:

Section 1.  National Emergency.  As President of the United States, my highest duty is ensuring the national and economic security of the country and its citizens.  

I have declared a national emergency arising from conditions reflected in large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits, which have grown by over 40 percent in the past 5 years alone, reaching $1.2 trillion in 2024.  This trade deficit reflects asymmetries in trade relationships that have contributed to the atrophy of domestic production capacity, especially that of the U.S. manufacturing and defense-industrial base.  These asymmetries also impact U.S. producers’ ability to export and, consequentially, their incentive to produce. 
Specifically, such asymmetry includes not only non-reciprocal differences in tariff rates among foreign trading partners, but also extensive use of non-tariff barriers by foreign trading partners, which reduce the competitiveness of U.S. exports while artificially enhancing the competitiveness of their own goods.  These non-tariff barriers include technical barriers to trade; non-scientific sanitary and phytosanitary rules; inadequate intellectual property protections; suppressed domestic consumption (e.g., wage suppression); weak labor, environmental, and other regulatory standards and protections; and corruption.  These non-tariff barriers give rise to significant imbalances even when the United States and a trading partner have comparable tariff rates. 

The cumulative effect of these imbalances has been the transfer of resources from domestic producers to foreign firms, reducing opportunities for domestic manufacturers to expand and, in turn, leading to lost manufacturing jobs, diminished manufacturing capacity, and an atrophied industrial base, including in the defense-industrial sector.  At the same time, foreign firms are better positioned to scale production, reinvest in innovation, and compete in the global economy, to the detriment of U.S. economic and national security.  
The absence of sufficient domestic manufacturing capacity in certain critical and advanced industrial sectors — another outcome of the large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits — also compromises U.S. economic and national security by rendering the U.S. economy less resilient to supply chain disruption.  Finally, the large, persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits, and the concomitant loss of industrial capacity, have compromised military readiness; this vulnerability can only be redressed through swift corrective action to rebalance the flow of imports into the United States.  Such impact upon military readiness and our national security posture is especially acute with the recent rise in armed conflicts abroad.  I call upon the public and private sector to make the efforts necessary to strengthen the international economic position of the United States.  

Sec. 2.  Reciprocal Tariff Policy.  It is the policy of the United States to rebalance global trade flows by imposing an additional ad valorem duty on all imports from all trading partners except as otherwise provided herein.  The additional ad valorem duty on all imports from all trading partners shall start at 10 percent and shortly thereafter, the additional ad valorem duty shall increase for trading partners enumerated in Annex I to this order at the rates set forth in Annex I to this order.  These additional ad valorem duties shall apply until such time as I determine that the underlying conditions described above are satisfied, resolved, or mitigated.   
Sec. 3.  Implementation.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided in this order, all articles imported into the customs territory of the United States shall be, consistent with law, subject to an additional ad valorem rate of duty of 10 percent.  Such rates of duty shall apply with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 5, 2025, except that goods loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading and in transit on the final mode of transit before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 5, 2025, and entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 5, 2025, shall not be subject to such additional duty.  

Furthermore, except as otherwise provided in this order, at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 9, 2025, all articles from trading partners enumerated in Annex I to this order imported into the customs territory of the United States shall be, consistent with law, subject to the country-specific ad valorem rates of duty specified in Annex I to this order.  Such rates of duty shall apply with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 9, 2025, except that goods loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading and in transit on the final mode of transit before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 9, 2025, and entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 9, 2025, shall not be subject to these country-specific ad valorem rates of duty set forth in Annex I to this order.  These country-specific ad valorem rates of duty shall apply to all articles imported pursuant to the terms of all existing U.S. trade agreements, except as provided below. 

(b)  The following goods as set forth in Annex II to this order, consistent with law, shall not be subject to the ad valorem rates of duty under this order:  (i) all articles that are encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b); (ii) all articles and derivatives of steel and aluminum subject to the duties imposed pursuant to section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and proclaimed in Proclamation 9704 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States), as amended, Proclamation 9705 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States), as amended, and Proclamation 9980 of January 24, 2020 (Adjusting Imports of Derivative Aluminum Articles and Derivative Steel Articles Into the United States), as amended, Proclamation 10895 of February 10, 2025 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States), and Proclamation 10896 of February 10, 2025 (Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States); (iii) all automobiles and automotive parts subject to the additional duties imposed pursuant to section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, and proclaimed in Proclamation 10908 of March 26, 2025 (Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States); (iv) other products enumerated in Annex II to this order, including copper, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, lumber articles, certain critical minerals, and energy and energy products; (v) all articles from a trading partner subject to the rates set forth in Column 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS); and (vi) all articles that may become subject to duties pursuant to future actions under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.

(c)  The rates of duty established by this order are in addition to any other duties, fees, taxes, exactions, or charges applicable to such imported articles, except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of this section below. 

(d)  With respect to articles from Canada, I have imposed additional duties on certain goods to address a national emergency resulting from the flow of illicit drugs across our northern border pursuant to Executive Order 14193 of February 1, 2025 (Imposing Duties To Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border), as amended by Executive Order 14197 of February 3, 2025 (Progress on the Situation at Our Northern Border), and Executive Order 14231 of March 2, 2025 (Amendment to Duties To Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border).  With respect to articles from Mexico, I have imposed additional duties on certain goods to address a national emergency resulting from the flow of illicit drugs and illegal migration across our southern border pursuant to Executive Order 14194 of February 1, 2025 (Imposing Duties To Address the Situation at Our Southern Border), as amended by Executive Order 14198 of February 3, 2025 (Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border), and Executive Order 14227 of March 2, 2025 (Amendment to Duties To Address the Situation at Our Southern Border).  As a result of these border emergency tariff actions, all goods of Canada or Mexico under the terms of general note 11 to the HTSUS, including any treatment set forth in subchapter XXIII of chapter 98 and subchapter XXII of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, as related to the Agreement between the United States of America, United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA), continue to be eligible to enter the U.S. market under these preferential terms.  However, all goods of Canada or Mexico that do not qualify as originating under USMCA are presently subject to additional ad valorem duties of 25 percent, with energy or energy resources and potash imported from Canada and not qualifying as originating under USMCA presently subject to the lower additional ad valorem duty of 10 percent.  

(e)  Any ad valorem rate of duty on articles imported from Canada or Mexico under the terms of this order shall not apply in addition to the ad valorem rate of duty specified by the existing orders described in subsection (d) of this section.  If such orders identified in subsection (d) of this section are terminated or suspended, all items of Canada and Mexico that qualify as originating under USMCA shall not be subject to an additional ad valorem rate of duty, while articles not qualifying as originating under USMCA shall be subject to an ad valorem rate of duty of 12 percent.  However, these ad valorem rates of duty on articles imported from Canada and Mexico shall not apply to energy or energy resources, to potash, or to an article eligible for duty-free treatment under USMCA that is a part or component of an article substantially finished in the United States. 

(f)  More generally, the ad valorem rates of duty set forth in this order shall apply only to the non-U.S. content of a subject article, provided at least 20 percent of the value of the subject article is U.S. originating.  For the purposes of this subsection, “U.S. content” refers to the value of an article attributable to the components produced entirely, or substantially transformed in, the United States.  U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to the extent permitted by law, is authorized to require the collection of such information and documentation regarding an imported article, including with the entry filing, as is necessary to enable CBP to ascertain and verify the value of the U.S. content of the article, as well as to ascertain and verify whether an article is substantially finished in the United States. 

(g)  Subject articles, except those eligible for admission under “domestic status” as defined in 19 CFR 146.43, which are subject to the duty specified in section 2 of this order and are admitted into a foreign trade zone on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 9, 2025, must be admitted as “privileged foreign status” as defined in 19 CFR 146.41. 

(h)  Duty-free de minimis treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)(A)-(B) shall remain available for the articles described in subsection (a) of this section.  Duty-free de minimis treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)(C) shall remain available for the articles described in subsection (a) of this section until notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expeditiously process and collect duty revenue applicable pursuant to this subsection for articles otherwise eligible for de minimis treatment.  After such notification, duty-free de minimis treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)(C) shall not be available for the articles described in subsection (a) of this section.  

(i)  The Executive Order of April 2, 2025 (Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports), regarding low-value imports from China is not affected by this order, and all duties and fees with respect to covered articles shall be collected as required and detailed therein.

(j)  To reduce the risk of transshipment and evasion, all ad valorem rates of duty imposed by this order or any successor orders with respect to articles of China shall apply equally to articles of both the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macau Special Administrative Region.

(k)  In order to establish the duty rates described in this order, the HTSUS is modified as set forth in the Annexes to this order.  These modifications shall enter into effect on the dates set forth in the Annexes to this order.

(l)  Unless specifically noted herein, any prior Presidential Proclamation, Executive Order, or other Presidential directive or guidance related to trade with foreign trading partners that is inconsistent with the direction in this order is hereby terminated, suspended, or modified to the extent necessary to give full effect to this order.

Sec. 4.  Modification Authority.  (a)  The Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, shall recommend to me additional action, if necessary, if this action is not effective in resolving the emergency conditions described above, including the increase in the overall trade deficit or the recent expansion of non-reciprocal trade arrangements by U.S. trading partners in a manner that threatens the economic and national security interests of the United States. 

(b)  Should any trading partner retaliate against the United States in response to this action through import duties on U.S. exports or other measures, I may further modify the HTSUS to increase or expand in scope the duties imposed under this order to ensure the efficacy of this action. 

(c)  Should any trading partner take significant steps to remedy non-reciprocal trade arrangements and align sufficiently with the United States on economic and national security matters, I may further modify the HTSUS to decrease or limit in scope the duties imposed under this order.

(d)  Should U.S. manufacturing capacity and output continue to worsen, I may further modify the HTSUS to increase duties under this order.

Sec. 5.  Implementation Authority.  The Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Chair of the International Trade Commission are hereby authorized to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to implement this order.  Each executive department and agency shall take all appropriate measures within its authority to implement this order.

Sec. 6.  Reporting Requirements.  The United States Trade Representative, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, is hereby authorized to submit recurring and final reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).

Sec. 7.  General Provisions.  (a)  Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i)   the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii)  the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b)  This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c)  This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE, April 2, 2025.

Comments

The Global Free Trade experiment has resulted in Trade Imbalances. Economies across the world are National. Countries must attempt to produce what they consume. Trump’s plan to return to Reciprocal Trade is required. Tariffs are taxes on imports and have been used to give economic incentives to countries to produce what they consume. The US began to outsource manufacturing in the 1990s and needs to return manufacturing back to the US to provide better paying jobs tp save its Middle Class. The US has provided Military Foreign Aid to allies for over 100 years and now needs to pay down its National Debt. Increasing US Import Tariffs will accomplish this. The US also needs to restore its manufacturing capability to deter aggression. At the same time, the US needs to lower spending from $7 trillion to $5 trillion and needs to automate government work. This requires upgrading government computers to develop share databases. Our National Debt is approaching $37 trillion and interest on the debt is over $1 trillion per year. This interest needs to be reduced.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

Military Foreign Aid 4-6-25

US Military Foreign Aid is another form of wealth transfer and began in 1917. It continues as the US supports Israel and Ukraine in their current Wars with Iran and Russia. It also includes NATO and Asia Pacific Allies. 

The U.S. military maintains hundreds of military installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases in 55 countries and territories, as of February 2025). Some American bases are also NATO-led with forces from multiple countries.

Here's a list of countries with significant U.S. military presence, ordered by the number of U.S. military personnel stationed there, with some notable bases mentioned: 

Country	U.S. Military Personnel
Japan	~53,973
Germany	~35,781
South Korea	~25,372
Italy	~12,319
United Kingdom	~10,058
Bahrain	~3,479
Spain	~3,292
Turkey	~1,690
Norway	~1,438
Belgium	~1,106
Middle East (various countries)	~30,000

https://www.google.com/search?q=list+us+military+bases+around+in+foreign+countries+by+size

World War I 1914-1918 marks the beginning of US subsidies for foreign wars that continued for over 100 years. The US joined World War I in 1917 to help our allies defeat Germany.

World War II 1939-1945 again resulted in the US joining the War in 1941 to assure that our allies would help to defeat Germany. The US Military maintains a presence in Europe as NATO forces and in Japan to deter China.

The Cold War 1945-1989 resulted in an Arms Race between the US and Communist Russia.

The War in China 1945-1949 resulted in China becoming Communist. Chinese Nationals retreated to Taiwan.

The Korean War 1950-1953 defended South Korea from being absorbed by Communist North Korea. The US continues to have the US Military protect South Korea.

In the Cuban Communist Revolution 1950-1953, Cuba was taken over by Communist Revolutionaries and the US did nothing. Russia attempted to add missile systems in Cuba and withdrew when the US formed a naval blockade. President Kennedy was able to get Russia to remove the missile systems to avert a conflict.

The Vietnam War 1965-1975 defended South Vietnam from attacks by Communist North Vietnam. US voters protested the Vietnam War and the US Military moved out of Vietnam in 1975. Vietnam became Communist after the US withdrawal.

The “Truman Doctrine” aimed at protecting the world from Communism had ended.

The Communist Party was established in Argentina in 1917 and won elections as their economy worsened. They returned to a Free Market Economy in 2003 and are doing better.

In 1999 Venezuela became a Communist country and is now a “failed state”. China and Russia helped Venezuela restore its oil revenue.

Trump is encouraging South American countries to expand their Private Sector Free Market Economies to benefit their citizens. The Leader of the Free World has become the Teacher of the Free World. Trump is ending the giveaways so the US doesn’t go broke.

They days of bailing out other countries is ending until the US National Debt is significantly reduced and the US economy is restored.

Trump is likely to help Mexico remove its Drug Cartels to end the fentanyl and other drug smuggling and allow the Mexican Government to Regain control of its economy. Trump is also likely to respond to missile attacks to take out Terrorist missile sites.

Trump is engaging Russia to end the war in Ukraine and engaging Iran to end subsiding Terror Groups and end their Nuclear Missile development. Trump will use Total Economic Isolation as a replacement for Wars.

Source: Google Search

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

Social Security Survivor Benefits 4-6-25

While there's been a lot of discussion about potential Social Security cuts and budget challenges, Social Security survivor benefits themselves haven't been directly cut, but there are concerns about potential disruptions in the system and delays in payments.  

Here's a more detailed explanation:

No direct cuts to benefits: The Social Security Administration (SSA) has stated that it is not reducing the amount of retirement, survivor, or disability benefits. 

Budget cuts and potential disruptions: The SSA is facing budget cuts, which could lead to delays in processing applications, longer wait times for appointments, and potentially fewer available appointments. 

Focus on streamlining and efficiency: The SSA is focused on streamlining operations and improving efficiency to address the budget challenges, but these changes might cause temporary disruptions. 

Social Security Fairness Act: The Social Security Fairness Act, which was passed in 2023, repealed the "Government Pension Offset" (GPO) and the "Windfall Elimination Provision" (WEP) which reduced or eliminated Social Security benefits for some people who received a pension based on work not covered by Social Security. 

Impact on survivors: The Social Security Fairness Act has retroactive effect, meaning that many beneficiaries will be due retroactive payments because the WEP and GPO offset no longer apply as of January 2024. 

Other factors affecting benefits: Your earnings, age, and family situation can also affect your Social Security benefits, including survivor benefits. 

Lump-sum death payment: Spouses or some minor children could get a one-time death benefit payment of $255. 

Work and earnings: If you work while getting Social Security survivor benefits and are younger than full retirement age, your benefits may be reduced if your earnings exceed certain limits. 

Remarriage: Usually, you can't get surviving spouse's benefits if you remarry before age 60 (or age 50 if you have a disability). 

Understaffing: The SSA is operating at one of its lowest staffing levels in decades, and the administration is planning to cut even more positions, which could lead to longer wait times and slower processing. 

Source: Google Search

Comments

Social Security Offices are consolidating. Emergencies require contacting your local Congressional House Rep Office.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

Trump Tariff List 4-5-25

Here’s The Full List Of Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Announced Wednesday

Molly Bohannon Forbes Staff Molly Bohannon has been a Forbes news reporter since 2023.

Antonio Pequeño IV Forbes Staff Pequeño is a breaking news reporter who covers tech and more. 

China: 34% (charges U.S. 67%)—though Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the 34% will be in addition to tariffs China already faces, bringing its tariff rate to 54%.

European Union: 20% (charges U.S. 39%)

Vietnam: 46% (charges U.S 90%)

Taiwan: 32% (charges U.S. 64%)

Japan: 24% (charges U.S. 46%)

India: 26% (charges U.S. 52%)

South Korea: 25% (charges U.S. 50%)

Thailand: 36% (charges U.S. 72%)

Switzerland: 31% (charges U.S. 61%)

Indonesia: 32% (charges U.S. 64%)

Malaysia: 24% (charges U.S. 47%)

Cambodia: 49% (charges U.S. 97%)

United Kingdom: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

South Africa: 30% (charges U.S. 60%)

Brazil: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Bangladesh: 37% (charges U.S. 74%)

Singapore: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Israel: 17% (charges U.S. 33%)

Philippines: 17% (charges U.S. 34%)

Chile: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Australia: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Pakistan: 29% (charges U.S. 58%)

Turkey: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Sri Lanka: 44% (charges U.S. 88%)

Colombia: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Peru: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Nicaragua: 18% (charges U.S. 36%)

Norway: 15% (charges U.S. 30%)

Costa Rica: 10% (charges U.S. 17%)

Jordan: 20% (charges U.S. 40%)

Dominican Republic: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

United Arab Emirates: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

New Zealand: 10% (charges U.S. 20%)

Argentina: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Ecuador: 10% (charges U.S. 12%)

Guatemala: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Honduras: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Madagascar: 47% (charges U.S. 93%)

Myanmar (Burma): 44% (charges U.S. 88%)

Tunisia: 28% (charges U.S. 55%)

Kazakhstan: 27% (charges U.S. 54%)

Serbia: 37% (charges U.S. 74%)

Egypt: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Saudi Arabia: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

El Salvador: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Côte d’Ivoire: 21% (charges U.S. 41%)

Laos: 48% (charges U.S. 95%)

Botswana: 37% (charges U.S. 74%)

Trinidad and Tobago: 10% (charges U.S. 12%)

Morocco: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Algeria: 30% (charges U.S. 59%)

Oman: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Uruguay: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Bahamas: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Lesotho: 50% (charges U.S. 99%)

Ukraine: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Bahrain: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Qatar: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Mauritius: 40% (charges U.S. 80%)

Fiji: 32% (charges U.S. 63%)

Iceland: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Kenya: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Liechtenstein: 37% (charges U.S. 73%)

Guyana: 38% (charges U.S. 76%)

Haiti: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Bosnia and Herzegovina: 35% (charges U.S. 70%)

Nigeria: 14% (charges U.S. 27%)

Namibia: 21% (charges U.S. 42%)

Brunei: 24% (charges U.S. 47%)

Bolivia: 10% (charges U.S. 20%)

Panama: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Venezuela: 15% (charges U.S. 29%)

North Macedonia: 33% (charges U.S. 65%)

Ethiopia: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Ghana: 10% (charges U.S. 17%)

Moldova: 31% (charges U.S. 61%)

Angola: 32% (charges U.S. 63%)

Democratic Republic of the Congo: 11% (charges U.S. 22%)

Jamaica: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Mozambique: 16% (charges U.S. 31%)

Paraguay: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Zambia: 17% (charges U.S. 33%)

Lebanon: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Tanzania: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Iraq: 39% (charges U.S. 78%)

Georgia: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Senegal: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Azerbaijan: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Cameroon: 11% (charges U.S. 22%)

Uganda: 10% (charges U.S. 20%)

Albania: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Armenia: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Nepal: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Sint Maarten: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Falkland Islands: 41% (charges U.S. 82%)

Gabon: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Kuwait: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Togo: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Suriname: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Belize: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Papua New Guinea: 10% (charges U.S. 15%)

Malawi: 17% (charges U.S. 34%)

Liberia: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

British Virgin Islands: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Afghanistan: 10% (charges U.S. 49%)

Zimbabwe: 18% (charges U.S. 35%)

Benin: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Barbados: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Monaco: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Syria: 41% (charges U.S. 81%)

Uzbekistan: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Republic of the Congo: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Djibouti: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

French Polynesia: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Cayman Islands: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Kosovo: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Curaçao: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Vanuatu: 22% (charges U.S. 44%)

Rwanda: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Sierra Leone: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Mongolia: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

San Marino: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Antigua and Barbuda: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Bermuda: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Eswatini: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Marshall Islands: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 50% (charges U.S. 99%)

Saint Kitts and Nevis: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Turkmenistan: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Grenada: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Sudan: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Turks and Caicos Islands: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Aruba: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Montenegro: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Saint Helena: 10% (charges U.S. 15%)

Kyrgyzstan: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Yemen: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Niger: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Saint Lucia: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Nauru: 30% (charges U.S. 59%)

Equatorial Guinea: 13% (charges U.S. 25%)

Iran: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Libya: 31% (charges U.S. 61%)

Samoa: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Guinea: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Timor-Leste: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Montserrat: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Chad: 13% (charges U.S. 26%)

Mali: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Maldives: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Tajikistan: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Cabo Verde: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Burundi: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Guadeloupe: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Bhutan: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Martinique: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Tonga: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Mauritania: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Dominica: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Micronesia: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Gambia: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

French Guiana: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Christmas Island: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Andorra: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Central African Republic: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Solomon Islands: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Mayotte: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Anguilla: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Eritrea: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Cook Islands: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

South Sudan: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Comoros: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Kiribati: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

São Tomé and Príncipe: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Norfolk Island: 29% (charges U.S. 58%)

Gibraltar: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Tuyalu: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

British Indian Ocean Territory: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Tokelau: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Guinea-Bissau: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Svalbard and Jan Mayen: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Heard and McDonald Islands: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

Réunion: 37% (charges U.S. 73%)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/04/02/heres-the-full-list-of-trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-announced-wednesday/

Comments

Tariff Revenue of the base-line 10% on the $1.2 trillion US Trade Deficit is $120 billion per year. US Import Tariffs on Large Trading Partner Countries are roughly half of what they charge for Import Tariffs. I expect that whatever Tariff Revenue the US receives will be applied to the US National Debt.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader