White House: Reciprocal tariffs to take effect April 2

Karoline Leavittwhite House press secretary

Many plans have been discussed, and when the president is ready to announce a plan, the American people will hear from him directly,

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said this week

We’ve been ripped off by every country in the world — friend and foe,

Trump told Fox News's The Ingraham Angle in an interview that aired on Wednesday

The intent is to enact tariffs on April 2,

the official said when asked to clarify Bessent's comments

Unless the tariff and non-tariff barriers are equalized, or the US has higher tariffs, the tariffs will go into effect,

the White House official said

With the agreement on Boeing-Airbus, we have taken a major step in resolving the longest trade dispute in the history of the WTO. I am happy to see that after intensive work between the European Commission and the U.S. administration,

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said

It is likely that due to US' unilateral protectionist move, global trade conflicts may escalate, becoming frequent and complex in the looming future, thereby placing enormous pressure on global economic and trade stability,

Zhou said

WTO tariffs are determined through negotiations, and countries have already established a balance of tariffs when they joined. This balance involves reciprocal rights and obligations, not absolute uniformity. So the US' approach of completely disregarding these differences and unilaterally deciding tariff levels is clearly unfair and unreasonable,

Zhou Mi, a senior research fellow at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, told the Global Times on Wednesday

Li Yong (poet)calligrapher known for his semi-cursive style and a nobility in the Tang Empire (678-747)

The US government is now issuing an 'ultimatum' as part of its strong-arm unilateral trade policy. This 'reciprocal 'tariff plan is questionable in many ways, first is the 'mysterious process' in deciding individual country's tariff rate - which could grant the US administration significant room for arbitrary tariff manipulation,

Li Yong, a senior research fellow at the China Association of International Trade, told the Global Times on Wednesday

April 2 is a liberating day for our country,

Trump told reporters Sunday evening on Air Force One

I wouldn't expect any carve-outs,

Scott told Bloomberg News on Tuesday

I am optimistic that (on) April 2, some of the tariffs may not have to go on because a deal is pre-negotiated or once countries receive their reciprocal tariff number, right after that, they will come to us and want to negotiate it down,

Bessent said

Either the trade friction that these other countries have come down, and we get fair trade, and if they don't follow President Trump's lead, then he will raise the tariff wall,

he said

President Trump, as only he can do, has created a win-win situation,

he said

On April 2, each country will receive a number that we believe represents their tariffs,

Bessent told Fox Business Network

We are going to go to them and say, 'Look, here's where we think the tariff levels are, non-tariff barriers, currency manipulation, unfair funding, labor suppression, and if you will stop this, we will not put up the tariff wall,

Bessent said of trading partners