<P> On March 1 , 2018 Trump announced his intention to enforce a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports . In a tweet issued the next day , Trump asserted that `` Trade wars are good , and easy to win . '' On March 8 , he signed an order to impose the tariffs effective after 15 days . Canada and Mexico are exempt from the order under a carve - out provision . An administration official later said that the exemptions for Canada and Mexico were not permanent , but depend on their renegotiating NAFTA to Trump 's liking . Trump and his aides said that extending exemptions to other countries was possible , with Trump specifically citing Australia as a possibility . The tariffs went into effect March 23 , 2018 . </P>
<P> On March 1 , 2018 Trump announced his intention to enforce a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports . In a tweet issued the next day , Trump asserted that `` Trade wars are good , and easy to win . '' On March 8 , he signed an order to impose the tariffs effective after 15 days . Canada and Mexico are exempt from the order under a carve - out provision . An administration official later said that the exemptions for Canada and Mexico were not permanent , but depend on their renegotiating NAFTA to Trump 's liking . Trump and his aides said that extending exemptions to other countries was possible , with Trump specifically citing Australia as a possibility . The tariffs went into effect March 23 , 2018 . </P>
when do the steel tariffs go into effect
when do the steel tariffs go into effect
March 23 , 2018
March 23 , 2018