Bessent: US tariffs of 15 percent likely to take effect this week

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Bessent: US tariffs of 15 percent likely to take effect this week
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"Probably sometime this week," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with CNBC, Bloomberg reports.

Trump imposed global tariffs of 10 percent a few weeks ago, after his previous tariffs were rejected by the US Supreme Court.

The new tariffs can only remain in effect for 150 days, after which they must be approved by Congress.

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