in effect
This is Executive Order 14266, signed April 9, 2025, a presidential action issued under emergency economic powers (IEEPA) and trade law. It adjusts the “reciprocal” import tariffs the President set in an earlier order (EO 14257, April 2, 2025), directing federal agencies to change the U.S. tariff schedule. It does two opposite things at once: it raises tariffs on China and temporarily lowers them for most other countries.
Because China announced an 84% tariff on U.S. goods, this order raises the U.S. additional tariff on Chinese products (including Hong Kong and Macau) from 84% to 125%, effective 12:01 a.m. Eastern on April 10, 2025. For more than 75 other trading partners that approached the U.S. to negotiate, it pauses their individual country-specific tariff rates for 90 days (April 10 through July 9, 2025) and instead applies a flat additional tariff of 10%. It also raises duties on low-value (“de minimis”) shipments from China: one rate goes from 90% to 120%, the per-postal-item charge rises from $75 to $100 (May 2–June 1, 2025), and then from $150 to $200 (starting June 1, 2025). The Secretaries of Commerce, Homeland Security, and the U.S. Trade Representative are directed to carry out these changes.
Importers bringing goods into the U.S. from China face sharply higher tariffs, while importers from the 75-plus other listed countries get a temporary, lower flat rate during the 90-day window. U.S. government trade and customs agencies must implement and enforce the new rates. The order states it creates no legal rights that any person or party can enforce against the government.