US: Reactions to Trump's so-called 'reciprocal' tariffs - retaliations, disputes, and other comments
I did not intend to do two Trump-related posts in a row, but I have been tracking the recent tariff announcements (as have many others) and I thought it might be useful to compile what I’ve been seeing of official responses from other governments. It’s interesting to see who is ruling out retaliation/countermeasures (a few), raising potential trade disputes (not many), and the one or two who are saying there’s potential benefits for them from the new tariffs.1
I’ve set out what I’ve seen today in the table below and will endeavour to update this as new information comes in (I have stopped updating the table as of 11 April). I also welcome corrections, additions and suggestions via email, in the comments, or by social media.
Update: Global Trade Alert also have a more thorough tracker of responses to the Trump Administration’s trade measures more generally.
Note, I haven’t included Canada or Mexico in the table given their special status in all of this.
Wonderful insights. I am still trying to wrap my head around Kenya which is a member of the East African Community that has a Common External Tariff which has four bands with 35% being the highest and a WTO bound tariff with an average of 93.8%.