Instead on Wednesday, Trump continued to threaten countries with higher tariffs in the near future by publishing open letters to the Philippines, Brunei, Moldova, Algeria, Iraq, Libya and Sri Lanka that set new tariff rates ranging from 20% to 30% that he said he would impose on Aug. 1.

President Donald Trump's latest executive order delaying official tariff increases on dozens of countries until Aug. 1 has relieved some pressure on world markets, but he also ordered a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea,

President Donald Trump is spamming world leaders with letters threatening massive tariff hikes if they don’t strike trade deals with Washington as the U.S. blows past its own 90-day deadline for deals with 90 countries. As the letters multiply, it turns out they are partially copy-and-pasted.