Trump says countries doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US trade

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Source: theguardian.com
Trump says countries doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US trade

President posts online as US weighs response to situation in Iran, which is major facing anti-government protests

Donald Trump has said any country that does business with Iran will face a tariff rate of 25% on trade with the US, as Washington weighs a response to the situation in Iran, which is seeing its biggest anti-government protests in years.

“Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America,” the US president said in a post on Truth Social on Monday. Tariffs are paid by US importers of goods from those countries. Iran has been heavily sanctioned by Washington for years.

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