U.S. to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical medicine, kitchen cupboards, furnishings and heavy vehicles

President Trump introduced Thursday that the U.S. would impose a brand new spherical of tariffs, together with a 100% tariff on pharmaceutical medicine, a 30% tariff on upholstered furnishings, a 50% tariff on kitchen cupboards and loo vanities, and a 30% tariff on heavy vehicles.

In social media posts to Fact Social, Mr. Trump mentioned the brand new tariffs would take impact Oct. 1. 

Mr. Trump mentioned in his posts that the 100% tariff on “any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product” wouldn’t apply to firms constructing manufacturing vegetation within the U.S., which he outlined as both “breaking floor” or being “below building.”

In 2024, America imported practically $233 billion in pharmaceutical and medicinal merchandise, in keeping with the Census Bureau. The prospect of costs doubling for some medicines may ship shockwaves to voters as well being care bills, in addition to the prices of Medicare and Medicaid, doubtlessly enhance.

Trump argued that overseas producers of furnishings and cabinetry had been “flooding” the U.S. with their merchandise and that tariffs have to be utilized “for Nationwide Safety and different causes.” 

The brand new tariffs on cabinetry may additional enhance the prices for homebuilders at a time when many individuals in search of to purchase a home really feel priced out by the combination of housing shortages and excessive mortgage charges.

Final month, Mr. Trump introduced on social media {that a} “main Tariff Investigation” was being performed on furnishings coming into the U.S. and mentioned that throughout the subsequent 50 days, the investigation could be accomplished, and a tariff price could be introduced. 

The president mentioned the 25% tariff on on “all ‘Heavy (Massive!) Vans’ made in different components of the world” was “with the intention to shield our Nice Heavy Truck Producers from unfair outdoors competitors.” 

“Massive Truck Firm Producers, equivalent to Peterbilt, Kenworth, Freightliner, Mack Vans, and others, can be shielded from the onslaught of outdoor interruptions,” Trump posted.

All through a lot of 2025, the Trump administration’s broad tariffs defied predictions that they’d gas inflation, however that respite appears to have ended after financial knowledge this month confirmed the duties are actually driving costs upward. The Shopper Value Index in August rose at a price of two.9% from a yr in the past, up from an annual tempo of two.3% in April, when Mr. Trump first launched a sweeping set of import taxes.

Neither is there proof that the tariffs are creating manufacturing unit jobs or extra building of producing services. Since April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that producers minimize 42,000 jobs and builders have downsized by 8,000.

“There isn’t any inflation,” Mr. Trump advised reporters Thursday. “We’re having unbelievable success.”