A look at the countries that received Trump's tariff letters

President Donald Trump has sent letters this week outlining higher tariffs countries will face if they don't make trade deals with the U.S. by Aug. 1.

Some mirror the so-called “reciprocal" rates Trump unveiled against dozens of trading partners in April — the bulk of which were later postponed just hours after taking effect. But many are higher or lower than those previously announced amounts.

So far, Trump has warned the European Union and 24 nations, including major trading partners like South Korea and Japan, that steeper tariffs will be imposed starting Aug. 1.

Nearly all of these letters took the same general tone with the exception of Brazil, Canada, the EU and Mexico, which included more specifics about Trump's issues with those countries.

Nearly every country has faced a minimum 10% levy on goods entering the U.S. since April, on top of other levies on specific products like steel and automobiles. And future escalation is still possible. In his letters, which were posted on Truth Social, Trump warned countries that they would face even higher tariffs if they retaliated by increasing their own import taxes.

Here's a look at the countries that have gotten tariff letters so far — and where things stand now:

Tariff rate: 50% starting Aug. 1. Brazil wasn't threatened with an elevated “reciprocal” rate in April — but, like other countries, has faced Trump's 10% baseline over the last three months.

Key exports to the U.S.: Petroleum, iron products, coffee and fruit juice.

Response: In a forceful response, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Trump’s tariffs would trigger the country’s economic reciprocity law — which allows trade, investment and intellectual property agreements to be suspended against countries that harm Brazil’s competitiveness. He also noted that the U.S. has had a trade surplus of more than $410 billion with Brazil over the past 15 years.

Tariff rate: 40% starting Aug. 1. That's down from 44% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Clothing, leather goods and seafood

Response: Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, the spokesperson for Myanmar’s military government said it will follow up with negotiations.

Tariff rate: 40% starting Aug. 1. That's down from 48% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Shoes with textile uppers, wood furniture, electronic components and optical fiber

Tariff rate: 36% starting Aug. 1. That's down from 49% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Textiles, clothing, shoes and bicycles

Response: Cambodia's chief negotiator, Sun Chanthol, said the country successfully got the tariff dropped from the 49% Trump announced in April to 36% and is ready to hold a new round of negotiations. He appealed to investors, especially factory owners, and the country's nearly 1 million garment workers not to panic about the tariff rate announced Monday.

Tariff rate: 36% starting Aug. 1. That's the same rate that was announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Computer parts, rubber products and gemstones

Response: Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Pichai Chunhavajira said Thailand will continue to push for tariff negotiations with the United States. Thailand on Sunday submitted a new proposal that includes opening the Thai market for more American agricultural and industrial products and increasing imports of energy and aircraft.

Tariff rate: 35% starting Aug. 1. That's down from 37% announced in April.

Key export to the U.S.: Clothing

Response: Bangladesh’s finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said Bangladesh hopes to negotiate for a better outcome. There are concerns that additional tariffs would make Bangladesh’s garment exports less competitive with countries like Vietnam and India.

Tariff rate: 35% starting Aug. 1. That's up from 25% imposed earlier this year on goods that don't comply with a North American trade agreement covering the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Some of Canada's top exports to the U.S. are subject to different industry-specific tariffs.

Key exports to the U.S.: Oil and petroleum products, cars and trucks

Response: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney posted on X early Friday that the government will continue to work toward a trade deal by the new Aug. 1 deadline.

Tariff rate: 35% starting Aug. 1. That's down from 37% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Software and IT services; car tires

Tariff rate: 32% starting Aug. 1. That’s the same rate that was announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Palm oil, cocoa butter and semiconductors

Tariff rate: 30% starting Aug. 1. That’s the same rate that was announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Petroleum, cement and iron products

Tariff rate: 30% starting Aug. 1. That's down from 35% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Weapons and ammunition

Tariff rate: 30% starting Aug. 1. That's up from 20% announced in April but less than the 50% Trump later threatened.

Key exports to the U.S.: Pharmaceuticals, cars, aircraft, chemicals, medical instruments, and wine and spirits.

Tariff rate: 30% starting Aug. 1. That's down from 39% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Crude oil and petroleum products

Response: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the tariffs would disrupt essential supply chains “to the detriment of businesses, consumers and patients on both sides of the Atlantic.” She said the EU remains ready to continue working toward an agreement but will take necessary steps to safeguard EU interests, including countermeasures if required.

Tariff rate: 30% starting Aug. 1. That's down from 31% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Petroleum products

Tariff rate: 30% starting Aug. 1. That's up from 25% imposed earlier this year on goods that don't comply with the free trade agreement covering the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Some of Mexico's top exports to the U.S. are subject to other sector-specific tariffs.

Key exports to the U.S.: Cars, motor vehicle parts and accessories, crude oil, delivery trucks, computers, agricultural products

Tariff rate: 30% starting Aug. 1. That’s the same rate that was announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Platinum, diamonds, vehicles and auto parts

Response: The office of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a statement that the tariff rates announced by Trump mischaracterized the trade relationship with the U.S., but it would “continue with its diplomatic efforts towards a more balanced and mutually beneficial trade relationship with the United States” after having proposed a trade framework on May 20.

Tariff rate: 30% starting Aug. 1. That's down from 44% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Clothing and rubber products

Tariff rate: 25% starting Aug. 1. That's up from 24% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Mineral fuels and machinery equipment

Tariff rate: 25% starting Aug. 1. That's down from 31% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Fruit juice, wine, clothing and plastic products

Tariff rate: 25% starting Aug. 1. That's up from 24% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Autos, auto parts, electronic

Response: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called the tariff “extremely regrettable” but said he was determined to continue negotiating.

Tariff rate: 25% starting Aug. 1. That's down from 27% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Oil, uranium, ferroalloys and silver

Tariff rate: 25% starting Aug. 1. That's up from 24% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Electronics and electrical products

Response: Malaysia's government said it will pursue talks with the U.S. A cabinet meeting is scheduled for Wednesday.

Tariff rate: 25% starting Aug. 1. That's the same rate that was announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Vehicles, machinery and electronics

Response: South Korea’s Trade Ministry said early Tuesday that it will accelerate negotiations with the United States to achieve a deal before the 25% tax goes into effect.

Tariff rate: 25% starting Aug. 1. That's down from 28% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Animal and vegetable fats, clothing, fruit and nuts

Tariff rate: 20% starting Aug. 1. That's down from 17% announced in April.

Key exports to the U.S.: Electronics and machinery, clothing and gold

Cranes unload shipping containers from trucks at Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Vehicles for export are parked at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

HOUSTON (AP) — Former Uvalde, Texas, schools police Officer Adrian Gonzales was among the first officers to arrive at Robb Elementary after a gunman opened fire on students and teachers.

Prosecutors allege that instead of rushing in to confront the shooter, Gonzales failed to take action to protect students. Many families of the 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers who were killed believe that if Gonzales and the nearly 400 officers who responded had confronted the gunman sooner instead of waiting more than an hour, lives might have been saved.

More than 3½ years since the killings, the first criminal trial over the delayed law enforcement response to one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history is set to begin.

It’s a rare case in which a police officer could be convicted for allegedly failing to act to stop a crime and protect lives.

Here’s a look at the charges and the legal issues surrounding the trial.

Gonzales was charged with 29 counts of child endangerment for those killed and injured in the May 2022 shooting. The indictment alleges he placed children in “imminent danger” of injury or death by failing to engage, distract or delay the shooter and by not following his active shooter training. The indictment says he did not advance toward the gunfire despite hearing shots and being told where the shooter was located.

Each child endangerment count carries a potential sentence of up to two years in prison.

State and federal reviews of the shooting cited cascading problems in law enforcement training, communication, leadership and technology and questioned why officers from multiple agencies waited so long before confronting and killing the gunman, Salvador Ramos.

Gonzales’ attorney, Nico LaHood, said his client is innocent and public anger over the shooting is being misdirected.

“He was focused on getting children out of that building,” LaHood, said. “He knows where his heart was and what he tried to do for those children.”

Jury selection in Gonzales’ trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 5 in Corpus Christi, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of Uvalde. The trial was moved after defense attorneys argued Gonzales could not receive a fair trial in Uvalde.

Gonzales, 52, and former Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo are the only officers charged. Arredondo was charged with multiple counts of child endangerment and abandonment. His trial has not been scheduled, and he is also seeking a change of venue.

Prosecutors have not explained why only Gonzales and Arredondo were charged. Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell did not respond to a request for comment.

It’s “extremely unusual” for an officer to stand trial for not taking an action, said Sandra Guerra Thompson, a University of Houston Law Center professor.

“At the end of the day, you’re talking about convicting someone for failing to act and that’s always a challenge,” Thompson said, “because you have to show that they failed to take reasonable steps.”

Phil Stinson, a criminal justice professor at Bowling Green State University who maintains a nationwide database of roughly 25,000 cases of police officers arrested since 2005, said a preliminary search found only two similar prosecutions.

One involved a Florida sheriff’s deputy, Scot Peterson, who was charged after the 2018 Parkland school massacre for allegedly failing to confront the shooter — the first such prosecution in the U.S. for an on-campus shooting. He was acquitted by a jury in 2023.

The other was the 2022 conviction of former Baltimore police officer Christopher Nguyen for failing to protect an assault victim. The Maryland Supreme Court overturned that conviction in July, ruling prosecutors had not shown Nguyen had a legal duty to protect the victim.

The justices in Maryland cited a prior U.S. Supreme Court decision on the public duty doctrine, which holds that government officials like police generally owe a duty to the public at large rather than to specific individuals unless a special relationship exists.

Michael Wynne, a Houston criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor not involved in the case, said securing a conviction will be difficult.

“This is clearly gross negligence. I think it’s going to be difficult to prove some type of criminal malintent,” Wynne said.

But Thompson, the law professor, said prosecutors may nonetheless be well positioned.

“You’re talking about little children who are being slaughtered and a very long delay by a lot of officers,” she said. “I just feel like this is a different situation because of the tremendous harm that was done to so many children.”

Associated Press writer Jim Vertuno in Austin, Texas, contributed.

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FILE - Flowers are placed around a welcome sign outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022, to honor the victims killed in a shooting at the school. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Velma Lisa Duran, sister of Robb Elementary teacher Irma Garcia, cries as she reflects on the 2022 Uvalde, Texas, school shooting during an interview on Dec. 19, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Kin Man Hui)

Velma Lisa Duran, sister of Robb Elementary teacher Irma Garcia, poses with photos of her sister and brother-in-law, Joe Garcia, as she reflects on the 2022 Uvalde, Texas, school shooting on Dec. 19, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Kin Man Hui)

FILE - This booking image provided by the Uvalde County, Texas, Sheriff's Office shows Adrian Gonzales, a former police officer for schools in Uvalde, Texas. (Uvalde County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

FILE - Crosses with the names of shooting victims are placed outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)