World leaders react to Trump’s sweeping tariffs: ‘tumultuous times’ ahead

World leaders reacted to the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump released this week impacting fundamentally each U.S. trading partner. 

The White House has implemented a level 10% tariff connected seemingly each imports, though immoderate nations saw drastically higher taxes slapped connected their U.S. exports – including Vietnam, which was issued a 46% tariff 1 time aft it slashed its tariffs connected U.S. imports.

However, nary federation was handed a higher import taxation than China, which Trump revealed volition person an further 34% broad tariff connected its exports to the U.S. connected apical of the 20% tariff the president implemented earlier this year. This brings the full tariffs connected Chinese goods imported into the U.S. to 54% – conscionable shy of the 60% Trump pledged connected the run trail.

President Donald Trump holds a illustration arsenic helium delivers remarks connected reciprocal tariffs during an lawsuit successful the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected April 2, 2025. (Getty Images)

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CHINA – 54% tariffs

"China firmly opposes this and volition instrumentality countermeasures to safeguard its ain rights and interests," China's Commerce Ministry reportedly said successful a statement. "There are nary winners successful commercialized wars, and determination is nary mode retired for protectionism."

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun besides warned that "Protectionism has nary exit ramp" and urged Washington to "correct its incorrect practices and resoluteness economical and commercialized differences with different countries — including China — done fair, respectful and reciprocal consultations." 

EUROPEAN UNION – 20% tariffs

The EU, which was deed with a broad 20% tariff connected apical of the 25% tariffs connected alloy and aluminum arsenic good arsenic car exports to the U.S., which are expected to severely interaction European nations, pledged to onslaught backmost astatine Trump’s tariff war.

"I cognize that galore of you consciousness fto down by our oldest ally," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said successful a video posted to X. "Uncertainty volition spiral and trigger the emergence of further protectionism. The consequences volition beryllium dire for millions of radical astir the globe."

The EU main said the bloc was already finalizing countermeasures to Trump’s tariffs connected alloy and pledged to instrumentality akin actions to support the pharmaceutical and car industries "if negotiations fail."

"We indispensable brace for the interaction this volition inevitably have. Europe has everything it needs to marque it done this storm," von der Leyen added, noting the EU is the azygous largest marketplace connected the planet, which she said serves arsenic Europe’s "safe harbor successful tumultuous times."

"If you instrumentality connected 1 of us, you instrumentality connected each of us," she added. "Our unity is our strength."

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President Donald Trump shakes hands with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, halfway left, alongside Vice President JD Vance, right, and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, 2nd left, astatine the White House connected Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, successful Washington, D.C. (Carl Court/Pool via AP)

UNITED KINGDOM -10%

Leaders successful the U.K. person repeatedly said they would not instantly respond to the broad tariff – which coupled with the alloy and car tariffs, could person a important interaction connected its system – though London is taking steps to spot which tariffs could beryllium implemented that would person the slightest antagonistic effect connected its ain businesses. 

British Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds reportedly told members of Parliament connected Thursday that the U.K. volition "not hesitate to act" if an statement with Washington to circumvent the tariff warfare cannot beryllium met, reported Politico.

"We volition question the views of U.K. stakeholders implicit 4 weeks until 1st May 2025 connected products that could perchance beryllium included successful immoderate U.K. tariff response," Reynolds said successful a statement. "This workout volition besides springiness businesses the accidental to person their say, and power the plan of immoderate imaginable U.K. response."

CANADA - 25% tariffs

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Trump’s tariffs volition "fundamentally alteration the planetary trading system" and pledged to "fight" backmost done "countermeasures."

"We're successful a concern wherever there's going to beryllium an interaction connected the U.S. economy, which volition physique with time," helium added. "In our judgment, it volition beryllium antagonistic connected the U.S. system that volition person an interaction connected us."

"In a crisis, it's important to travel together," Carney said. "It's indispensable to enactment with intent and with force, and that's what we volition do."

A cargo vessel sits astatine PortMiami connected June 9, 2022 successful Miami Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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MEXICO – 25% tariffs

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she volition "announce a broad program" to code Trump’s tariffs but volition not prosecute successful a "tit-for-tat connected tariffs."

Sheinbaum said she plans to "strengthen the system nether immoderate circumstance." 

JAPAN – 24%

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said, "We’re putting each options connected the array successful considering the astir effectual response."

"Japan is simply a state that is making the largest magnitude of concern to the United States," helium reportedly told his Parliament. "We wonderment if it makes consciousness for (Washington) to use azygous tariffs to each countries. That is simply a constituent we’ve been making and volition proceed to bash so. 

"We request to see what’s champion for Japan’s nationalist interest," helium added, without detailing what circumstantial steps Tokyo could take.

AUSTRALIA – 10%

Though Australia was among the nations deed with immoderate of the lowest tariffs issued by the White House connected Wednesday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called them "totally unwarranted."

"President Trump referred to reciprocal tariffs. A reciprocal tariff would beryllium zero, not 10%," helium said astatine a property event. "The administration's tariffs person nary ground successful logic, and they spell against the ground of our 2 nation's partnership."

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"This is not the enactment of a friend," Albanese said.

Albanese pointed retired that Americans volition wage the heaviest terms for the tariffs and said truthful helium volition not enactment reciprocal tariffs backmost connected the U.S. 

"We volition not articulation the contention to the bottom," helium added, but pledged to proceed to combat to person the tariffs removed.