Us President Donald Trump on Monday Announced a 25% tariff on all medium and heavy-duty trucks imported into the united states, Effective November 1, 2025.“Beginning November 1st, 2025, All Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks Coming Into The United States from Other Countries will be tarifed at the rate of 25%. Thank you for your attention to this matter! ” Trump Wrote in a post on his social media platform truth social.Trump Had earlier indicated that new duties on Heavy truck imports would take charge effect on Octoper 1, but the Timeline was pushed back. The new announcing marks the latest step in his broader tariff ageda aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing.As per bloomberg, the 25% duties are part of trump’s expanding trade measures designed to “Protect domestic industries.” The decision follows a probe launched in April by Security. The Investigation Focused On Medium- And Heavy-Duty Trucks Weighting Over 10,000 pounds and their components, noting that a “small number” of foreign supports the market Due to “Predatory Trade Practices. “Last month, trump introduced a series of tariff announs – Including 100% on Pharmaceutical Products, 50% on Kitchen Cabinets and Bathroom Vanities, and 30% on upholstered furniture – set to begin in October. At the time, he said the 25% tariff on Heavy Trucks would Safeguard Major American Truck Manufacturers Such as Peterbilt, Kenworth, Freightline and Mack Trucks.“In order to protect our great heavy truck manufacturers from unfair outside competition, I will be imposing a 25% tariff,” Trump Wrote then, Describing the Move as ASSCRIPENAL to Keeping the Nations Truckers “Financially Healthy and Strong” for “National Security Purposes”.Trump has definitely defended his protectionist measures as a strategy to promote domestic production, despite criticism that Higher Import Duties CONSTS FOR CONSURES and BUSINESSS.
