Trump says 25% tariffs on heavy trucks start Nov 1

TDT | Washington

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President Donald Trump said Monday that a steep US tariff on imported heavy trucks would begin on November 1, postponing the date that he initially threatened to impose such duties. “Beginning November 1st, 2025, all Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks coming into the United States from other Countries will be Tariffed at the Rate of 25%,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social site.

This is a monthlong delay from the October 1 start date he vowed in an earlier social media post unveiling the new duty.

The Trump administration launched a so-called Section 232 probe into imports of trucks earlier this year to determine their effects of national security, setting the stage for Trump’s announcement.

Trump has used such investigations, under the authority of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, to impose tariffs on various imported goods -- in efforts to boost US manufacturing and punish countries that he says are taking advantage of his country.