U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday further raising tariff rates with 69 trading partners amid criticisms and lawsuits over his tariff policies and handling of trade deals at home, Reuters reports.
The order imposes "additional ad valorem duties on goods of certain trading partners."
Most of the new tariff rates range from 10 percent to 40 percent, according to an annex to the release from the White House.
The new tariff rates will take effect seven days after the date of the executive order with exceptions on logistical grounds.
In the past days, Trump announced deals with a few trading partners such as the European Union, Britain, Japan and South Korea, and unilaterally set rates on others including India and Brazil.
