[House Document 119-84]
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FURTHER MODIFYING THE RECIPROCAL TARIFF RATES
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FURTHER MODIFYING THE RECIPROCAL TARIFF RATES,
PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1641(b); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 401(b); (90
STAT. 1257)
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August 8, 2025.--Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and
ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
59-011 WASHINGTON : 2025
The White House,
Washington, August 7, 2025.
Hon. Mike Johnson,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: Consistent with applicable law, including
section 401(b) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.
1641(b)), I am providing notice that I have issued an Executive
Order on Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates
(Executive Order), which deals with the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025 (Regulating
Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff To Rectify Trade Practices
That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States
Goods Trade Deficits), as amended, involving conditions
reflected in large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade
deficits. I found that those underlying conditions constitute
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security
and economy of the United States that has its source in whole
or substantial part outside the United States.
In the Executive Order, I determined that it is necessary
and appropriate to deal with the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 14257, as amended, by imposing additional ad
valorem duties on imports of goods from certain United States
trading partners at varying rates.
I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order that I have
issued. The Executive Order further explains the circumstances
underlying the national emergency and the actions taken in the
Executive Order to deal with the emergency.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Trump.
Executive Order
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Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,
including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 2483), and section 301 of title 3, United
States Code, I hereby determine and order:
Section 1. Background. In Executive Order 14257 of April 2,
2025 (Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff To Rectify
Trade Practices That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual
United States Goods Trade Deficits), I found that conditions
reflected in large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade
deficits constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the
national security and economy of the United States that has its
source in whole or substantial part outside the United States.
I declared a national emergency with respect to that threat,
and to deal with that threat, I imposed additional ad valorem
duties that I deemed necessary and appropriate.
I have received additional information and recommendations
from various senior officials on, among other things, the
continued lack of reciprocity in our bilateral trade
relationships and the impact of foreign trading partners'
disparate tariff rates and non-tariff barriers on U.S. exports,
the domestic manufacturing base, critical supply chains, and
the defense industrial base. I also have received additional
information and recommendations on foreign relations, economic,
and national security matters, including the status of trade
negotiations, efforts to retaliate against the United States
for its actions to address the emergency declared in Executive
Order 14257, and efforts to align with the United States on
economic and national security matters.
For example, some trading partners have agreed to, or are
on the verge of agreeing to, meaningful trade and security
commitments with the United States, thus signaling their
sincere intentions to permanently remedy the trade barriers
that have contributed to the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 14257, and to align with the United States on
economic and national security matters. Other trading partners,
despite having engaged in negotiations, have offered terms
that, in my judgment, do not sufficiently address imbalances in
our trading relationship or have failed to align sufficiently
with the United States on economic and national-security
matters. There are also some trading partners that have failed
to engage in negotiations with the United States or to take
adequate steps to align sufficiently with the United States on
economic and national security matters.
After considering the information and recommendations that
I have recently received, among other things, I have determined
that it is necessary and appropriate to deal with the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 14257 by imposing
additional ad valorem duties on goods of certain trading
partners at the rates set forth in Annex I to this order,
subject to all applicable exceptions set forth in Executive
Order 14257, as amended, in lieu of the additional ad valorem
duties previously imposed on goods of such trading partners in
Executive Order 14257, as amended.
Sec. 2. Tariff Modifications. (a) The Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) shall be modified as
provided in Annex II to this order. These modifications shall
be effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01
a.m. eastern daylight time 7 days after the date of this order,
except that goods loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading
and in transit on the final mode of transit before 12:01 a.m.
eastern daylight time 7 days after the date of this order, and
entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on October
5, 2025, shall not be subject to such additional duty and shall
instead remain subject to the additional ad valorem duties
previously imposed in Executive Order 14257, as amended.
(b) Certain foreign trading partners identified in Annex I
to this order have agreed to, or are on the verge of
concluding, meaningful trade and security agreements with the
United States. Goods of those trading partners will remain
subject to the additional ad valorem duties provided in Annex I
to this order until such time as those agreements are
concluded, and I issue subsequent orders memorializing the
terms of those agreements.
(c) As provided in Annex I to this order, the additional ad
valorem rate of duty applicable to any good of the European
Union is determined by the good's current ad valorem (or ad
valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 (General) of
the HTSUS (``Column 1 Duty Rate''). For a good of the European
Union with a Column 1 Duty Rate that is less than 15 percent,
the sum of its Column 1 Duty Rate and the additional ad valorem
rate of duty pursuant to this order shall be 15 percent. For a
good of the European Union with a Column 1 Duty Rate that is at
least 15 percent, the additional ad valorem rate of duty
pursuant to this order shall be zero.
(d) Goods of any foreign trading partner that is not listed
in Annex I to this order will be subject to an additional ad
valorem rate of duty of 10 percent pursuant to the terms of
Executive Order 14257, as amended, unless otherwise expressly
provided. This rate shall be effective with respect to goods
entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after l2:01 a.m. eastern daylight time 7
days after the date of this order.
(e) The HTSUS shall also be modified by continuing to
suspend headings 9903.01.43 through 9903.01.62 and 9903.01.64
through 9903.01.76, and subdivisions (v)(xiii)(1)-(9) and (11)-
(57) of U.S. note 2 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the
HTSUS, until the effective date of the modifications provided
in Annex II to this order. Upon the effective date of the
modifications provided in Annex II to this order, to facilitate
implementation of the rates of duty provided in Annex I to this
order, headings 9903.01.43 through 9903.01.62 and 9903.01.64
through 9903.01.76, which are organized by rate of duty, and
subdivisions (v)(xiii)(1)-(9) and (11)-(57) of U.S. note 2 to
subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS shall be terminated
as to future entries and replaced by the new trading partner
specific headings provided in Annex II to this order.
(f) Excluding the changes set forth in subsections (a)
through (d) of this section, the terms of Executive Order
14257, as amended, shall continue to apply.
(g) Nothing in this order shall be construed to alter or
otherwise affect Executive Order 14298 of May 12, 2025
(Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Discussions With
the People's Republic of China).
(h) The Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade
Representative, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland
Security, acting through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP), and the Chair of the United States
International Trade Commission, shall determine whether any
additional modifications to the HTSUS are necessary to
effectuate this order and may make such modifications through
notice in the Federal Register.
Sec. 3. Transshipment. (a) An article determined by CBP to
have been transshipped to evade applicable duties under section
2 of this order shall be subject to (i) an additional ad
valorem rate of duty of 40 percent, in lieu of the additional
ad valorem rate of duty applicable under section 2 of this
order to goods of the country of origin, (ii) any other
applicable or appropriate fine or penalty, including those
assessed under 19 U.S.C. 1592, and (iii) any other United
States duties, fees, taxes, exactions, or charges applicable to
goods of the country of origin. CBP shall not allow, consistent
with applicable law, for mitigation or remission of the
penalties assessed on imports found to be transshipped to evade
applicable duties.
(b) The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of
Homeland Security, acting through the Commissioner of CBP, in
consultation with the United States Trade Representative, shall
publish every 6 months a list of countries and specific
facilities used in circumvention schemes, to inform public
procurement, national security reviews, and commercial due
diligence.
Sec. 4. Implementation. The Secretary of Commerce, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, and the United States Trade
Representative, as applicable, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Assistant
to the President and Senior Counselor for Trade and
Manufacturing, the Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs, and the Chair of the International Trade
Commission, are directed and authorized to take all necessary
actions to implement and effectuate this order, consistent with
applicable law, including through temporary suspension or
amendment of regulations or notices in the Federal Register and
by adopting rules, regulations, or guidance, and to employ all
powers granted to the President by IEEPA, as may be necessary
to implement this order. Each executive department and agency
shall take all appropriate measures within its authority to
implement this order.
Sec. 5. Monitoring and Recommendations. (a) The Secretary
of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative shall
monitor the circumstances involving the emergency declared in
Executive Order 14257 and shall regularly consult on such
circumstances with any senior official they deem appropriate.
The Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade
Representative shall inform me of any circumstance that, in
their opinion, might indicate the need for further action by
the President. The Secretary of Commerce and the United States
Trade Representative shall also inform me of any circumstance
that, in their opinion, might indicate that a foreign trading
partner has taken adequate steps to address the emergency
declared in Executive Order 14257.
(b) The Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade
Representative, in consultation with any senior official they
deem appropriate, shall recommend to me any necessary
additional action if this action is not effective in resolving
the emergency declared in Executive Order 14257.
(c) The Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade
Representative, in coordination with the appropriate senior
officials, shall recommend additional action, if necessary,
should a foreign trading partner fail to take adequate steps to
address the emergency declared in Executive Order 14257 or
should a foreign trading partner retaliate against the United
States in response to the actions taken to address the
emergency declared in Executive Order 14257 or any subsequent
order issued to address that emergency.
Sec. 6. Severability. If any provision of this order, or
the application of any provision of this order to any
individual or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this order and the application of its provisions
to any other individuals or circumstances shall not be
affected.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall
be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive
department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget relating to budgetary,
administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law
or in equity by any party against the United States, its
departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.
(d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne
by the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, July 31, 2025.
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