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Britain would face 100% tariff on pharmaceuticals under latest Trump plan: Reuters
The tariffs aim to boost US drug manufacturing by exempting companies building US plants; generics remain mostly unaffected, while Indian firms face uncertainty, experts say.
- President Donald Trump says a 100% tariff on some foreign-made pharmaceuticals will take effect on Oct. 1, but the tariff will not apply to generic drugs.
- Many of the brand-name medications used by Americans are made in European countries, and those products will be subject to a lower, 15% tariff rate per the recent trade deal with the EU.
- On social media, Trump said the new 100% tariff will apply to "any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product, unless a Company IS BUILDING their Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant in America.
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