Trump announces 30 pct tariffs on EU, Mexican goods starting Aug 1

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday morning that 30 percent tariffs will be imposed on the European Union and Mexico as of Aug. 1.

The new tariffs were outlined in letters addressed to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, which were posted on Trump's social media platform Truth Social.

Trump has sent more than 20 similar letters to other U.S. trading partners in the past week, including Canada, South Korea, Japan and Brazil, with blanket tariff rates ranging from 20 percent up to 50 percent.

Trump announces 30 pct tariffs on EU, Mexican goods starting Aug 1

Trump announces 30 pct tariffs on EU, Mexican goods starting Aug 1

China launched a Long March-8A carrier rocket on Tuesday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a new group of internet satellites into space.

The rocket lifted off at 23:25 (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. It successfully placed the payloads, the 18th group of low-orbit internet satellites, into preset orbit.

China's Long March-8A rocket launches new satellite group