Visualized: Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs on Major Nations

Visualized: Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs on Major Nations

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President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on imports into the U.S. on April 2nd, with a minimum blanket tariff of 10% on dozens of nations along with higher rates for other countries.

This graphic visualizes the newly announced reciprocal tariff rates on 15 major nations, using the data announced from the White House on X (formerly Twitter) and detailed in a fact sheet from the president’s office.

The tariffs of 10% are set to come into effect on April 5th, while countries facing higher tariff rates will see them imposed on April 9th.

The Reciprocal Tariff Rates by the U.S. on Major Countries

Alongside the blanket 10% tariff rate on many nations, a variety of major U.S. trading partners face significantly higher tariffs announced by Trump.

The table below details the White House’s calculated tariff rate and announced reciprocal tariff rate on 15 major nations:

Asian countries like Vietnam (46%), China (34%), and Indonesia (32%) have some of the highest tariff rates of major nations, with Cambodia (not shown in the graphic or table) facing even higher rates of 49%.

Taiwan’s high tariff rate of 32% is also worth noting. While the White House detailed that semiconductors and other specific goods are exempt from these tariffs, the exemptions don’t include graphics cards, which are powered by GPUs essential to AI infrastructure.

Other key goods exempt are copper, pharmaceuticals, autos and auto parts already subject to tariffs, along with steel, aluminum, and lumber articles. Energy and “certain minerals not available in the U.S.” (the specific minerals are not specified), are also exempt from these reciprocal tariffs.

How the Trump Team Came Up with its Tariff Figures

In Trump’s announcement of the reciprocal tariff rates it was mentioned the rates were determined by calculating tariffs charged against the U.S. by each nation, along with the effect of “currency manipulation” and non-tariff trade barriers.

However, these figures are fairly different from the tariff rates of many major countries reported by the World Trade Organization.

Not long after Trump’s announcement, users on X (formerly Twitter) discovered that other countries’ tariff rates weren’t actually used, with instead a formula of the U.S. trade deficit with a country divided by the value of U.S. imports being how the “tariff rates” of other countries were calculated.

This was confirmed by the White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai, who despite contradicting the X user’s theory and correct math, shared a link to an official detailing of the tariff rate calculations which confirmed the use of this formula (dividing the deficit by imports) which was in line with what users on X were sharing.

Furthermore, it seems possible that an AI LLM may have been used to come up with this implementation and formula, as another X user discovered that ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Grok all gave the same answer and method which was used by the White House when asked how they would easily impose tariffs.

Learn More on the Voronoi App

To learn more about the different import tariff rates other nations have, check out this graphic of tariff rates mapped around the world on Voronoi.