<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>WTF Tariffs</title><description>Every Trump tariff, both terms. What it is, what happened to it, what it costs you.</description><link>https://wtftariffs.us/</link><item><title>Section 122 global import surcharge (replacement for IEEPA tariffs)</title><link>https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/section-122-import-surcharge-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/section-122-import-surcharge-2026/</guid><description>Days after the Supreme Court killed the IEEPA tariffs, the administration imposed a 10% global import surcharge under Section 122 of the Trade Act. A trade court ruled it unlawful on May 7, 2026 — but it is still being collected while the appeal plays out, and expires by statute on July 24, 2026.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EU 50% tariff threat (withdrawn for a deal)</title><link>https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/eu-50pct-threat-2025/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/eu-50pct-threat-2025/</guid><description>On May 23, 2025, Trump threatened a 50% tariff on EU imports starting June 1, complaining talks were going nowhere. He backed off within days, delaying to July 9, and a deal was eventually struck. The 50% rate never took effect.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reciprocal tariff 90-day pause (except China)</title><link>https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/reciprocal-pause-2025/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/reciprocal-pause-2025/</guid><description>After markets buckled, Trump paused the higher Liberation Day country-specific rates for 90 days on April 9, 2025, keeping only a 10% global baseline — while raising tariffs on China. The pause was later overtaken by the courts striking down the entire IEEPA program.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&quot;Liberation Day&quot; reciprocal tariffs</title><link>https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/liberation-day-reciprocal-2025/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/liberation-day-reciprocal-2025/</guid><description>On April 2, 2025, Trump announced a 10% baseline tariff on most of the world plus much higher country-by-country rates, invoking IEEPA emergency powers. The Supreme Court struck down all IEEPA tariffs on February 20, 2026 — these are no longer being collected.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>China fentanyl tariffs (IEEPA)</title><link>https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/china-fentanyl-ieepa-2025/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/china-fentanyl-ieepa-2025/</guid><description>An IEEPA-based tariff on Chinese imports tied to the fentanyl trade, starting at 10% in February 2025 and raised to 20%. Struck down along with all other IEEPA tariffs by the Supreme Court on February 20, 2026; no longer collected.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canada &amp; Mexico border tariffs (IEEPA)</title><link>https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/canada-mexico-border-ieepa-2025/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/canada-mexico-border-ieepa-2025/</guid><description>A 25% IEEPA tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports (10% on Canadian energy) tied to fentanyl and migration at the borders. Struck down with all other IEEPA tariffs by the Supreme Court on February 20, 2026; no longer collected.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>France Digital Services Tax tariffs (never collected)</title><link>https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/france-dst-301-2020/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/france-dst-301-2020/</guid><description>After France passed a tax on big U.S. tech companies, USTR found it discriminatory and scheduled 25% tariffs on French handbags, cosmetics and more for January 6, 2021. The tariffs were indefinitely suspended one day after the scheduled start — and never collected.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>China Section 301 tariffs — List 4B (never took effect)</title><link>https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/sec301-china-list4b-2019/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/sec301-china-list4b-2019/</guid><description>A second tranche of 15% tariffs on roughly $160 billion of Chinese goods — including iPhones and laptops — was set for December 15, 2019, and suspended right before it took effect. It never collected a single dollar.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>China Section 301 tariffs — List 4A (scaled back)</title><link>https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/sec301-china-list4a-2019/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/sec301-china-list4a-2019/</guid><description>A 15% tariff on about $120 billion of mostly consumer Chinese goods took effect Sept 1, 2019, then was cut to 7.5% as part of the Phase One deal. The first Section 301 round that landed directly on store shelves.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mexico border tariff threat (averted)</title><link>https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/mexico-border-ieepa-2019/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/mexico-border-ieepa-2019/</guid><description>Trump threatened a rising 5%-to-25% tariff on all Mexican imports over migration, starting June 10, 2019 — invoking emergency economic powers never before used for tariffs. Mexico struck an immigration deal days before the deadline and the tariffs were called off; never collected.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>China Section 301 tariffs — List 1</title><link>https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/sec301-china-list1-2018/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/sec301-china-list1-2018/</guid><description>The opening shot of the U.S.-China trade war: a 25% tariff on about $34 billion of Chinese goods, effective July 6, 2018, over technology-transfer practices. Still in effect.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Section 232 autos &amp; auto-parts investigation</title><link>https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/sec232-autos-investigation-2018/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/sec232-autos-investigation-2018/</guid><description>A Section 232 investigation concluded that imported cars and parts threaten national security, but the first-term Trump administration never imposed the threatened tariffs — choosing negotiations instead. Tariffs under this finding only arrived years later, in the second term.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Steel tariffs (Section 232)</title><link>https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/steel-232-2018/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/steel-232-2018/</guid><description>25% tariff on steel imports, imposed on national-security grounds. Survived legal challenges and remains in effect today; rates were raised further on many partners in 2025.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Aluminum tariffs (Section 232)</title><link>https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/aluminum-232-2018/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wtftariffs.us/tariff/aluminum-232-2018/</guid><description>Originally a 10% tariff on aluminum imports imposed on national-security grounds. Survived legal challenges and was raised to a flat 25% in 2025; still in effect.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>