US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered new tariffs on certain medicines, alongside an overhaul of metal duties, doubling down on his trade agenda a year after unleashing trade wars on virtually all partners.
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The latest pair of orders he signed piles pressure on pharmaceutical companies to manufacture more in the United States while separately targeting firms that officials accuse of “artificially manipulating” metals prices.
Finished products containing substantial amounts of steel, aluminium, and copper will also face a 25-percent tariff on their full value instead of being targeted for the amount of metals they contain—a shift that could fan worries about higher consumer prices.
The moves come on the anniversary of what Trump had dubbed “Liberation Day,” when he announced varying tariff rates on goods from dozens of economies, roiling financial markets and snarling supply chains.
Although the Supreme Court struck down these global tariffs this February, Trump has been working to reinstate duties using different authorities.
His stated aim of “Liberation Day” was the rebirth of American industry, bringing an influx of jobs, revenue and an investment boom—although critics argue that these have largely not taken place.
Making good on his threat last fall, one of Trump’s Thursday orders imposes a 100-percent tariff on patented pharmaceuticals made abroad unless countries struck trade deals to secure lower rates, or companies commit to building plants in the United States.
Large companies will have 120 days to commit to “reshoring plans” before the steep duty kicks in, while smaller companies have a 180-day buffer, a senior US official told reporters.
“We expect the lion’s share of the world’s patented pharmaceuticals to be building in America,” the official said.
Those who commit to building manufacturing plants—to be completed by the end of Trump’s second presidency—will face a 20-percent tariff instead.
The European Union, Japan, South Korea and Switzerland will be excluded from this plan and face a 15-per cent pharma duty, due to trade deals they earlier struck with Washington.
Meanwhile, drug companies that reach “Most Favored Nation” pricing deals with the Trump administration, while also building plants in the United States, can be exempt from the sharp pharma tariff.
Affordability hit?
The second order Trump signed reshapes his 50-percent tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper, pushing importers to pay the duty based on prices that American buyers are facing.
It is set to take effect 12.01am Eastern Time on Monday, a White House official told AFP.
The senior administration official charged that “foreign countries were artificially manipulating” prices of imported metals in order to pay a lower tariff.
The same proclamation called for finished products made with more than 15 percent of steel, aluminum and copper will face a 25-percent tariff on their full value, rather than being targeted based on their metal content.
“It’s a simplification and a fairness issue,” the official said.
Asked about cost-of-living concerns, which have flared ahead of midterm elections this year, the official maintained: “I don’t think it’s going to have any impact in affordability.”
“These will not have an impact on the price of the good on the shelf,” the official insisted.
AFP
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