President Donald Trump said on Sept. 25 that he will impose a series of new tariffs on imports of heavy trucks, branded or patented pharmaceutical products, kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, and associated products starting next month.
Any heavy-duty trucks made outside the United States will see a 25 percent tariff, while Trump will impose a 50 percent tariff on kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, and related goods, and a 30 percent tariff on upholstered furniture. He said any branded or patented pharmaceutical drugs made by any companies that are not building their manufacturing plant in the United States will see a 100 percent tariff on their products.
The new tariffs will be imposed starting on Oct. 1, the president said.
“In order to protect our Great Heavy Truck Manufacturers from unfair outside competition, I will be imposing, as of October 1st, 2025, a 25% Tariff on all ‘Heavy (Big!) Trucks’ made in other parts of the World,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“Therefore, our Great Large Truck Company Manufacturers, such as Peterbilt, Kenworth, Freightliner, Mack Trucks, and others, will be protected from the onslaught of outside interruptions.”
Trump said that the United States needs “our Truckers to be financially healthy and strong, for many reasons, but above all else, for National Security purposes!”
As for the kitchen, bathroom, and furniture products, Trump cited a “large scale ‘FLOODING’ of these products into the United States by other outside Countries,” which he called a “very unfair practice” and said threatens national security.
Trump said pharmaceutical companies will be considered as located in America if their manufacturing plant is currently “breaking ground” or “under construction” in the United States.
“There will, therefore, be no Tariff on these Pharmaceutical Products if construction has started,” Trump said.
Tariff Aid to Farmers
Earlier in the day, Trump said he would use tariff revenue to provide aid to American farmers who are struggling amid his ongoing trade wars with China, which has resulted in Beijing refusing to buy U.S. soybean crops.
“We’re going to take some of that tariff money that we made, we’re going to give it to our farmers who are, for a little while, going to be hurt until … the tariffs kick in to their benefit,” Trump said from the White House on Sept. 25. “We’re going to make sure that our farmers are in great shape, because we’re taking in a lot of money.
“Ultimately, the farmers are going to be making a fortune. But it’s a process—it has to kick in.”
China—the world’s biggest purchaser of soybeans—is now buying the crop from South America while negotiations over tariffs with the United States continue.
Last week, Republican lawmakers warned that American farmers are in dire straits this year and urged the Trump administration to take a similar approach to what it did during the president’s first term, when the federal government issued a $23 billion bailout to farmers to blunt the impact from Trump’s previous trade war with China.
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