'We're gonna be affected big': Trump tariffs alarm D.C. residents

STORY: :: Washingtonians fearfulness prices volition support rising aft Trump announces a 10% baseline tariff

:: Washington, D.C.

:: April 2, 2025

"We're gonna beryllium affected big. You spot it successful the market. You spot the groceries are going up. The farmers are catching it. You cognize helium came and flipped the full strategy around."

"Yeah I mean avocados from Mexico is decidedly a large 1 that I deliberation about. I cognize immoderate of our citrus excessively are grown internationally arsenic well. Those are 2 of the large ones I tin deliberation of astatine the apical of my caput but you cognize inactive cognize that that's going to person an interaction connected market budgets."

"You know, it's gonna truly concerning. I'm not truly similar feeling it astatine the moment, but similar erstwhile they do, if they bash right, it's gonna beryllium concerning. Things are already rising, you know, there's already similar ostentation and each that benignant of stuff. So I don't truly privation similar determination to beryllium different terms hikes, you know? It already benignant of similar sucks to with similar the magnitude of income that I marque to person to woody with that."

Chinese imports volition beryllium deed with a 34% tariff, connected apical of the 20% helium antecedently imposed, bringing the full caller levy to 54%. Close U.S. allies were not spared, including the European Union, which faces a 20% tariff, and Japan, which is targeted for a 24% rate.

A White House official, speaking connected information of anonymity, said the higher penalties volition instrumentality effect connected April 9 and volition use to astir 60 countries successful all. The baseline 10% tariff volition instrumentality effect connected Saturday, the authoritative said.