[For QA testing] US USTR chief: "Some countries to face tariffs of 15% or more"

The United States will impose tariffs of 15% or more on some countries. The countries that will be subject to tariffs of 15% or more were not disclosed.

According to Reuters on the 25th (local time), Jamieson Greer, head of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), said in an interview with Fox Business that “we are currently imposing a 10% tariff,” adding that “for some countries (the tariff rate) will rise to 15%, and for other countries it could be raised further.” Greer added that “this will likely be similar in scale to the types of tariffs we have seen so far.”

He also mentioned tariffs on China, which US President Donald Trump is set to visit. Greer said, “There is no intention to raise tariffs on Chinese products above the current level.” President Trump plans to visit China in late next month to early April this year.

Previously, on the 20th, following a US Supreme Court ruling that reciprocal tariffs were illegal, President Trump newly imposed a 10% global tariff. The new tariff proclamation signed by President Trump took effect on the 24th, Eastern Time.

However, just a day after signing the proclamation, on the 21st, President Trump said he would raise the 10% tariff rate to 15%. At the time, President Trump specified the 15% tariff as applying “Worldwide.” In the interview that day, Greer effectively corrected this, saying that tariffs of 15% or more would apply to “some countries.”