President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his latest round of tariffs will go into effect on Aug. 7, not Aug. 1 as expected.
The White House made the last-minute move ahead of Friday’s midnight deadline for foreign countries to finalize trade deals with the United States. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said earlier that the president would further modify the tariff rates at some point on Thursday.
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