Ledger · Second term · № 255
Letters setting unilateral tariff rates 'in about a week and a half, two weeks'
Late“We're going to be sending letters out in about a week and a half, two weeks, to countries, telling them what the deal is.”
- Promised
- , Remarks to reporters
- Stated deadline
- “in about a week and a half, two weeks” → June 24, 2025
- Re-promised
- 2 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Trade & tariffs
- Era
- Second term
What happened
The letters did not go out on that schedule. The first batch of tariff letters to trading partners was sent in early July 2025, roughly two weeks past the outer edge of the window, and the rates in them were repeatedly revised afterwards.