Overview
- The tariff program took effect Friday, July 24, 2026, replacing the expired 150‑day global levy and applying mostly 10% or 12.5% tariffs to imports from about 60 countries.
- Mexico faces a 10% additional tariff but Mexican officials say more than 80% of its exports remain exempt because they qualify under the T‑MEC rules of origin.
- The United States separately applied a 25% tariff on selected Brazilian goods while exempting roughly 2,100 products such as meat, coffee, oil and aircraft parts to avoid domestic shortages.
- USTR Jamieson Greer held bilateral talks in Mexico City with President Claudia Sheinbaum and Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and signaled an effort to secure provisional T‑MEC arrangements for Mexico and Canada before the end of the year.
- The administration used Section 301 after the U.S. Supreme Court limited earlier emergency tariff authority, and the USTR said exemptions and product lists will be finalized as diplomacy and legal reviews continue, leaving short‑term supply and industry impacts uneven across countries and sectors.