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Which countries impose the highest tariffs on the US?

President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners throughout the world Wednesday, saying the U.S. would add a 10% minimum baseline tax on all products coming in.
The Trump administration has identified what it has called the «Dirty 15» as the 15 nations with the largest trade deficit with the U.S., meaning the trade partnerships by which Washington imports more from countries than those nations import from the U.S.
But the White House has also flagged what it describes as other «unfair» trading practices, chiefly implemented through tariffs on U.S. goods.
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President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
CHINA
Washington and Beijing have been in a trade war since the first Trump administration when the first-term president imposed 25% tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods starting in April 2018.
Beijing responded the next day by slapping reciprocal tariffs on 106 U.S. products worth $50 billion, mostly targeting U.S. agricultural products worth some $16.5 billion.
The tariff war would continue with repeated back-and-forth escalating tariffs before some tariff relief was agreed upon beginning in January 2020.
By January 2021, the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) found that the U.S. had lost nearly a quarter of a million jobs.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick holds a chart as President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
The Biden administration and China largely maintained the status quo established during Trump’s initial trade war.
But Trump threatened to hit Beijing with 60% tariffs on the campaign trail and, by February 2025, just weeks after his inauguration, he slapped China with a blanket 20% tariff on all Chinese imports.
Beijing again responded with up to 15% tariffs on more than $33 billion in U.S. agricultural products, including U.S.-grown chicken, wheat, corn and cotton.
China’s trade deficit with the U.S. is $295.4 billion.
TEXAS WILL BE AMONG STATES HARDEST HIT IN TRADE WAR, EU AMBASSADOR WARNS

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a debate on the conclusions of the Dec. 14-15, 2023, European Council and preparations for the extraordinary European Council scheduled for Feb. 1, 2024, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Jan. 17, 2024. (Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images)
EUROPEAN UNION
The European Union, which is no stranger to Trump’s tariff war, is bracing for a much bigger battle this time around after enduring metal trade spats during his first term.
Trump has already announced a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports, which directly hits the European Union, the U.S.’s largest trading partner, along with a 25% tariff on imported cars, which will affect nations like Germany.
The EU said it could impose retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. of up to $28 billion.
The U.S. had a trade deficit of $235.6 billion with the European Union in 2024, which Trump has called «an atrocity.»
But it is not only the difference in trade agreements that has irked the president.
Last month, the White House said specific levies charged by various trading partners are making it «virtually impossible» for U.S. products to be exported, including a 50% tax on American dairy products sold by EU nations.

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 28, 2022. (Reuters/Yves Herman//File Photo)
But expert Andrew Hale, a senior policy analyst in trade policy with the Heritage Foundation, explained that the dairy industry in particular has massive barriers stopping Europe from being able to lower prices to match American products.
«They have a very, very protected agricultural market,» Hale said, highlighting Europe’s strict husbandry practices. «Europeans would not be able to compete.»
Hale explained that norms like overcrowding and poor conditions frequently found in the U.S.’s poultry, dairy and pork industries in mass farming are barred in Europe.
Animal spacing regulations and bans related to hormone injections have required a completely different type of farming that favors quality treatment of the animals versus mass production, which makes European meats and dairy products more expensive than American products and makes it unlikely that the EU drops this tax.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with the media on Parliament Hill after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security in Ottawa Thursday, March 27, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
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CANADA
The White House has also taken aim at Canada, which is expected to see more tariffs fired at it Wednesday and said it has a 300% tariff on American butter and cheese.
Hale explained that while this is technically true, it is a tariff rate-quota that was negotiated during the first Trump administration under the revised NAFTA agreement, which became the United States Mexico Canada (USMCA), and one which has never been implemented.
The massive tariff would only be used if U.S. exports exceed negotiated tariff rate quotas. Otherwise, daily sales to Canada face no tariffs under the USMCA.
Canada and the U.S. in recent weeks have entered into a tariff war after Trump announced a blanket 25% tariff on 25% on Canadian goods and 10% on its energy.
Ottawa, in return, imposed 25% reciprocal tariffs on $30 billion in U.S. goods, mostly targeting the agriculture sector.
It has threatened to hit the U.S. with tariffs on $95 billion in U.S. imports if Trump imposes more taxes on the country’s northern neighbor.
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HOW IT ENDS
«Everyone needs to do what Israel has just done, bring down zero tariffs against the U.S. And then we can have absolute free trade,» Hale said. «That’s fair, and we can all have market access.
«When you have stupid tariffs, like tariffing stuff you don’t grow and make, that’s just basically being unfair.»
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Cómo un novelista debutante de casi 70 años se convirtió en el gran éxito literario del año

Durante la pasada primavera, comenzó a circular en la industria editorial el rumor sobre “el libro blanco”, una novela autopublicada con una portada llamativa y minimalista que rápidamente se consolidó como uno de los mayores éxitos de ventas del año. Nadie sabía exactamente cómo lo había logrado. tenía una distribución limitada y prácticamente no contaba con campañas de publicidad ni de marketing. Su autor, Allen Levi, vivía solo en 650 hectáreas de terreno familiar -en su mayoría cubierto de pinos- en Georgia, donde cuidaba abejas, mantenía un blog y subía videos musicales caseros. Ese era prácticamente el alcance de su presencia en redes sociales. “Estoy escribiendo un libro y me está volviendo loco”, cantaba Levi, de 69 años, en uno de esos videos. “Estoy escribiendo un libro y estoy perdiendo la cabeza”.
La novela narra la historia de un anciano desconocido, Theo, que un día llega a la pequeña ciudad de Golden. Al ver una serie de retratos dibujados a lápiz en una cafetería local, decide comprarlos todos, con la intención de entregar los 92 dibujos a sus retratados. Al hacerlo, transforma silenciosamente a la comunidad que acaba de conocer. Aunque en las conversaciones Levi suele mencionar a Wendell Berry o David Brooks, su narrativa recuerda a escritores como Paulo Coelho, Matt Haig y Mitch Albom; la novela posee un tono alegórico y luminoso, pensado para inspirar admiración ante los caminos de la vida. Aun así, el autor incluyó un giro argumental final tan duro que, en las presentaciones públicas, los lectores le preguntan insistentemente por él.
“No quería que alguien interpretara la historia como algo ingenuo o meramente sentimental”, comentó Levi durante una conversación por Zoom este mes.
El propio camino del autor ha tenido algunos giros. Durante 13 años ejerció la abogacía en Columbus, Georgia, luego viajó al extranjero para estudiar literatura escocesa en la Universidad de Edimburgo y después se convirtió en cantautor a tiempo completo, actuando en eventos corporativos y para Young Life, una organización cristiana para jóvenes. Durante un par de décadas, el aeropuerto de Atlanta fue prácticamente su segunda casa. Hacia 2010, cansado de la vida itinerante, redujo sus giras para pasar más tiempo con su hermano enfermo y su padre, un ingeniero forestal de edad avanzada. Por un tiempo incluso regresó al derecho, ocupando brevemente el cargo de juez testamentario en el condado de Harris. Pero cuando terminó su mandato, “no sabía qué haría después”, contó Levi. Una mañana, mientras esperaba en la fila de su cafetería habitual y observaba los retratos expuestos, pensó: ¿No sería divertido si alguien los comprara todos?

Compró algunos y, “durante los días y semanas siguientes, los miraba e imaginaba qué historias tratarían de contarme”, relató Levi. De esas reflexiones surgieron los personajes de Kendrick, un conserje de la universidad cercana; Simone, una estudiante de violonchelo; y Ellen, una mujer sin hogar que suele recorrer la plaza pública en bicicleta. Poco a poco, los encuentros de Theo generan amistades profundas y revelan su pasado trágico, así como los motivos de su llegada a Golden.
Escribir canciones siempre le resultó más sencillo, ya que podía cubrir cualquier imperfección con música. Levi no planeaba publicar el manuscrito; terminarlo ya le parecía suficiente. Sin embargo, sus amigos de la universidad, un grupo muy unido que se reúne cada año para recordar viejos tiempos y rezar, lo animaron a compartir el borrador (título provisional: “Había un hombre viejo”). “Le dijimos: ‘Tienes que hacer algo con esto’”, contó uno de ellos, Ben May. “‘No lo vuelvas a guardar en un cajón ni te conformes con haberlo terminado’”.
Levi contó con la ayuda de su sobrina Aron Ritchie, entonces gerente de proyectos en Alabama, para llevar “Theo” a la publicación en octubre de 2023. Aunque estudió a fondo las particularidades de la autopublicación, optó por una estrategia modesta de promoción. Elaboró una hoja de cálculo con los contactos de Levi a lo largo de las distintas etapas de su vida -infancia, universidad, música, voluntariado en escuelas y en un hogar para niños en acogida-, pidiéndoles que difundieran la noticia. Por las noches, después de acostar a sus hijos, publicaba mensajes en grupos de Facebook desde su teléfono, intentando llegar a clubes de lectura de todo el país. (“Facebook no está muerto”, afirmó Ritchie). Si el grupo estaba cerca, Levi iba a visitarlos personalmente y se reunía con 10 o 20 personas. Cada pocas semanas, Ritchie le preparaba una lista de “almas buenas con las que conectarse”: lectores que enviaban mensajes de agradecimiento, docentes que querían incluir el libro en sus cursos o personas que lo compartían en grupos de apoyo a pacientes con cáncer.

“Theo of Golden” vendió 3,000 ejemplares en 2023. En 2024, alcanzó los 25,000. Ritchie esperaba una caída de ventas a principios de 2025 – “octubre, noviembre y diciembre son los mejores meses”-, pero las cifras se mantuvieron. En primavera ocurrió un repunte que aún no logra explicar y de pronto comenzaron a vender mil ejemplares por día. “Nunca sabremos, en esta vida, cómo se conectó todo esto”, dijo ella. Tal vez fue un viejo amigo de Levi empleado en el área de deportes de la Universidad de Alabama: “Hay muchos fanáticos locos del fútbol de Alabama”, sugirió May. O quizá fue un entusiasta de Macon, Georgia, que compró tantas copias que Levi bromeaba diciendo que debía lanzarlas por la ventana de su auto.
El público inicial del libro se concentró en el sur de Estados Unidos y llegó principalmente a través de Facebook, “que es una plataforma usada por personas mayores”, señaló Kate Nintzel, directora editorial de Atria Books, el sello de Simon & Schuster que adquirió los derechos de “Theo” en octubre. “Eso fue clave tanto para el descubrimiento como para la manera en que el libro se lee y conecta”.
El camino de Levi hacia la publicación “tiene una pureza”, opinó Sean deLone, editor de Atria Books, quien describió como muy competitivo el proceso de adquisición de “Theo”: “Todos en la industria sabían que era algo especial”. En sintonía con la personalidad de su autor, el mensaje del libro -acercarse a los desconocidos, pequeños actos de generosidad, encuentros fortuitos sin la mediación de la tecnología- convirtió a los lectores en fervientes recomendadores.

Ese mensaje se vuelve abiertamente religioso hacia el final de la novela. Aunque Levi asegura que no pretendía escribir una novela cristiana -de hecho, rechazó la propuesta de una editorial cristiana-, su fe y su obra literaria están ligadas. (Además, citando a Flannery O’Connor, recuerda que el sur sigue siendo una región “acechada por Cristo”). El protagonista, Theo, “quería que las personas experimentaran el amor de Dios y vieran la imagen de Dios en sí mismas, por eso los retratos”, explicó Levi. “Pero para quien no comparta esa perspectiva religiosa, igual puede leerlo como una historia sobre la bondad, y creo que puede tocar su corazón”.
Cuando las editoriales comenzaron a hacer ofertas, Ritchie analizó las cifras y le dijo a su tío que podría ganar más dinero si seguía siendo independiente: “Pero lo que estaba dispuesto a sacrificar era la distribución”. Levi sentía una misión, afirmó ella: “Si alguien lee algo que él ha escrito y eso lo impacta o lo acerca a su Dios, para él eso es un logro”.
La siguiente etapa de esa misión -una secuela centrada en Ellen, un personaje erudito y excéntrico- ha resultado “sumamente difícil, porque ahora hay expectativas”, reconoció Levi. También es difícil porque le ocurrió algo trágico al personaje. Es el reverso del desafío que enfrentó con “Theo”: esta vez, la tristeza “se siente casi opresiva”, admitió con una sonrisa. “Así que estoy tratando de encontrar la manera de equilibrar eso”.
Fuente: The Washington Post
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Fox News Politics Newsletter: House GOP whip calls for revoking citizenship over Minnesota fraud

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House GOP whip urges citizenship revocations tied to Minnesota fraud schemes
The No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives believes it’s time to deport Somalis who participated in expansive fraud in Minnesota – even if they hold citizenship.
«I have three words regarding Somalis who have committed fraud against American taxpayers: Send them home,» Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., said in a press release Monday evening.
«If they’re here illegally, deport them immediately; if they’re naturalized citizens, revoke their citizenship and deport them quickly thereafter. If we need to change the law to do that, I will.»…READ MORE.
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World Stage
‘HEINOUS’: US embassies in the Western Hemisphere directed to report on human rights violations tied to mass migration
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Capitol Hill
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Putin residence drone attack dismissed as ‘implausible’ as Ukraine accusations mount

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Escalating claims by Russia that Ukraine tried to hit a residence used by President Vladimir Putin with drones have been dismissed by a top military drone expert, who called the alleged attack «hard to fathom» and tactically implausible.
Cameron Chell’s comments came as Moscow doubled down on accusations Kyiv has flatly denied, with the drone industry leader arguing the alleged strike announced Monday runs counter to Ukraine’s drone tactics.
Chell, the CEO and co-founder of Draganfly, a drone manufacturer that supplies to the U.S. Department of Defense and allied militaries, including Ukraine, said Russia’s claims lack credibility.
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A Ukrainian soldier launches a reconnaissance drone in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)
«What really makes things usually very signature about Ukraine is that they’re always incredibly clever about how they use drones,» Chell told Fox News Digital.
«They are clever from a cost perspective — let’s call it an efficiency perspective — but also very clever in their tactics,» he added.
«I find it hard to fathom that this drone attack even happened on Putin’s residence or that it was something that Ukraine orchestrated for a number of reasons,» Chell said.
«To get over the top of Putin’s residence, for one, the drones would not have been launched from a very long distance away,» he added.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a cabinet meeting, June 4, outside Moscow. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Chell’s comments came as Russia doubled down Tuesday on accusations that Ukraine attempted to strike a presidential palace in the Novgorod region using drones, allegedly to disrupt peace efforts.
Kyiv dismissed the allegation, with the timing also raising questions given the upbeat tone of a recent meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Florida.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed late Monday that 91 drones were intercepted en route to Putin’s residence on the shores of Lake Valdai.
His statement appeared to contradict earlier Defense Ministry tallies, which said 89 drones were shot down over eight regions, including 18 over Novgorod, later adding another 23.
Only after Lavrov spoke did the ministry allege that 49 drones intercepted over Bryansk, nearly 300 miles away, were also targeting Valdai.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed late Monday that 91 drones were intercepted en route to Putin’s residence. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service telegram channel via AP)
Asked about wreckage, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was «a matter for our military,» while calling Zelenskyy’s denial and Western skepticism «completely insane.»
Peskov said Russia’s diplomatic stance would be toughened, and Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin vowed there could be «no forgiveness» for Zelenskyy.
Chell said the story simply does not add up. «To attack Putin’s residence, you need long-range, very fast-moving drones,» he said.
He added that for drones that small to reach such a site, they would have had to be launched from a much closer location, likely inside Russia itself.
«They would have to be within about 10 kilometers [6.2 miles] — or maybe, at most, 30 kilometers — of Putin’s residence,» Chell said.
«That facility where Putin lives would also be incredibly secure, and so to have a number of lower-cost, slower-moving drones coming in on that facility would be very un-Ukrainian,» Chell said.
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Satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage from a Ukrainian drone attack at the Belaya Air Base, June 4, in the Irkutsk region of eastern Siberia, Russia. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
«Ukraine also doesn’t announce when they’re going to show up,» he added.
Chell also noted that night operations would rule out GPS- or AI-based navigation due to jamming and visibility limits, making the launch of dozens of drones even less plausible.
«Apparently the thing was at night, so that’s very difficult for machine vision or AI mapping software,» he said. «So, you know, it definitely wasn’t using GPS, because it would have been jammed. There are just a bunch of things that don’t add up.»
Politically, Chell argued, Ukraine has nothing to gain. «They’re bold, but right in the middle of peace talks — when they need Trump on side — it makes no sense,» he said. «Ukraine is just politically too smart to have done that.»
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Zelenskyy on Monday also called the claim a complete fabrication, accusing Moscow of laying the groundwork for further attacks.
Lavrov warned of retaliation but said Russia would continue talks with Washington.
Trump also said he learned of the alleged attack directly from Putin and was «very angry about it.» Asked whether there was evidence, Trump replied, «We’ll find out.»
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Kremlin for comment.
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