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SUBSCRIBE & SAVE Less than $3 per week View Profile The Explainer Talking Points The Week Recommends Newsletters From the Magazine The Week Junior Food & Drink Personal Finance All Categories Newsletter sign up Trump declares new tariffs on drugs, trucks, furniture He's putting tariffs of 25% on semi trucks, 30% on upholstered furniture, 50% on kitchen and bathroom cabinetry and 100% on certain drugs Newsletter sign up The new import taxes add ‘another dose of uncertainty for the US economy’ (Image credit: Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) Peter Weber, The Week US 26 September 2025 What happened President Donald Trump Thursday night said he would impose new tariffs on drugs, heavy trucks and furniture starting next Wednesday. Drugmakers who have broken ground on new U.S. manufacturing plants by then would be exempt from the new 100% import tax, he said. Who said what Trump said he was using his authority under Section 232 of the 1962 Trade Expansion Act to slap tariffs of 25% on semi trucks, 30% on upholstered furniture, 50% on kitchen and bathroom cabinetry and 100% on some “branded or patented” drugs. The increasing use of Section 232 is “seen as part of the Trump administration’s shift to better-established legal authorities for its tariff actions,” Reuters said. Trump’s “sweeping global tariffs,” issued under different emergency powers, face an uncertain future before the Supreme Court. The new import taxes add “another dose of uncertainty for the U.S. economy with a solid stock market but a weakening outlook for jobs and elevated inflation,” The Associated Press said. Homebuilders and homeowners will face higher prices from the cabinetry tax, and the “prospect of prices doubling for some medicines could send shock waves to voters.” Higher tariffs on commercial trucks “could put pressure on transportation costs,” hitting a broad range of consumer goods, Reuters said. Many drugs may be subject to lower tariffs due to trade deals or because they are generics, but Trump “made his announcements on social media, and much remains unclear about them,” The New York Times said. Further new tariffs could be coming, after the Trump administration this week opened Section 232 investigations into imported robotics, industrial machinery and medical devices. Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives. SUBSCRIBE & SAVE Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. 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