🇪🇺 European Commission President von der Leyen will deliver statement at 5 a.m. Brussels time following U.S. tariff announcement.

🇺🇸🇮🇱 Israel removed all tariffs on U.S. goods yesterday— and still received a 17% reciprocal tariff in return today.

White House official:

Israel has stolen a significant amount of U.S. intellectual property in the pharmaceutical sector.

This cannot continue.

White House official:

Israel has long promised to lower its tariffs — and we’ve waited nearly 50 years for it to happen.

This is how the global trade war has begun.

🇺🇸🇨🇳 The new 34% tariff on China is in addition to the existing 20% — bringing the total to 54%, per press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Source: CNBC Correspondent Eamon Javers

British Business and Trade Minister: Washington is our closest ally, so our approach is to remain calm.

Australian Prime Minister: We will not respond to US tariffs in kind.

Israeli economic officials are STUNNED by the U.S. decision to impose a 17% tariff.

“We are in shock. We were sure that the decision to completely cancel tariffs on imports from the U.S. would prevent this move. But it didn't happen.”

Source: Amichai Stein

CONFIRMED: Total US tariff rate on Chinese goods to rise to 54%.

Canada's Carney:

We are going to fight Trump's tariffs with countermeasures.

Canada's Carney:

Canada will respond to the US tariffs on Thursday.

Syrian Foreign Ministry:

Israeli forces launched raids that destroyed Hama military airport and injured civilians and soldiers.

Syrian Foreign Ministry:

Repeated Israeli attacks are a clear attempt to normalize violence once again within the country.

US Treasury Secretary:

My advice to every country is not to retaliate against tariffs because that will lead to escalation.

Italian PM Meloni:

US tariffs are wrong, I hope to cooperate with Washington and Europe to avoid a trade war that will weaken the West.