Clifford Chance
US tariffs: responses across the G20 so far
13 April 2025
On 2 April 2025, President Trump announced a sweeping tariff regime, imposing a 10% global tariff which came into effect on 5 April 2025, and higher “reciprocal tariffs” on specific countries, aimed at rebalancing trade deficits between those countries and the US. These “reciprocal tariffs” were set to come into effect on 9 April 2025.
On 9 April 2025, President Trump announced a 90-day suspension on reciprocal tariffs, during which period the 10% tariff would continue to apply. However, he maintained and subsequently increased the reciprocal tariffs on China.
This briefing provides a high-level overview of the response by the G20 countries to these tariffs as at 13 April 2025.
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