Trump threatens to impose drug and chip tariffs as soon as 1 August

US president talks of low tariff to give pharmaceutical firms a year or so to build, and then making it ‘very high’Business live – latest updatesDonald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical products and semiconductors as soon as 1 August, the latest deadline for the introduction of his “reciprocal” levies on individual countries.The US president told reporters late on Tuesday the taxes on drug imports could be announced “probably at the end of the month, and we’re going to start off with a low tariff and give the pharmaceutical companies a year or so to build, and then we’re going to make it a very high tariff”. Continue reading...

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