Jul 24, 2025

📈Commerce Secretary sets August 1 deadline for universal tariffs

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced July 20, 2025, that President Trump's 10-20% universal baseline tariffs take effect August 1 with no exceptions or delays. National Economic Council Director Peter Navarro confirmed every imported product from electronics to food faces immediate price increases, giving Americans 10 days to prepare for the largest consumer tax hike since 1930.

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Average family faces $3,200 yearly price increase on all imported goods

Tariffs function as consumption taxes hitting everything from $1,000 phones to $5 T-shirts, with working families paying the highest percentage of income.

Four hundred thousand small importers can't absorb 20% overnight cost spike

Family businesses that import products face immediate bankruptcy as larger competitors with cash reserves survive the shock.

Stock up on electronics and winter clothes before August 1 price explosion

Retailers confirm current inventory sells at old prices, but August shipments jump 20%—buy laptops, coats, and appliances now.

You have 10 days to flood Congress with calls to stop this disaster

Call 202-224-3121 and demand your representative block tariffs that economists say will trigger recession.

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📈Commerce Secretary sets August 1 deadline for universal tariffs

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Why This Matters

Average family faces $3,200 yearly price increase on all imported goods

Four hundred thousand small importers can't absorb 20% overnight cost spike

Stock up on electronics and winter clothes before August 1 price explosion

You have 10 days to flood Congress with calls to stop this disaster

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Categorize these groups by how Trump's August 1 tariffs affect them.

Categorize these tariff claims by Lutnick and Trump as true or false.

The average American family faces a $___ yearly price increase, with over _ product categories affected by _% to ___% baseline tariffs.

The Yale Budget Lab estimates tariffs cost Americans $___ per household annually, while the EU faces a _% baseline rate despite being America's _ trading partner worth $___ billion.

What date did Commerce Secretary Lutnick set as the "hard deadline" for new tariffs?

According to the Yale Budget Lab, Americans now face the highest average tariff rate since which year?

According to CBS polling, what percentage of Americans oppose Trump's new tariffs?

What comparison did economists make about Trump's August 1 tariffs?

Which Trump advisor talked him into a 90-day tariff postponement in April?

How should working families prepare for the August 1 tariff shock?

How do tariffs function as a regressive tax that hurts poor families most?

Arrange these events showing how Trump's tariff threats evolved into economic chaos.

Order these officials' statements about the August 1 tariff deadline.

Commerce Secretary Lutnick said small Latin American and African countries would pay the same tariff rates as major economies.

National Economic Council Director Peter Navarro confirmed the tariffs would be the largest consumer tax hike since 1930.

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Why This Matters

Average family faces $3,200 yearly price increase on all imported goods

Four hundred thousand small importers can't absorb 20% overnight cost spike

Stock up on electronics and winter clothes before August 1 price explosion

You have 10 days to flood Congress with calls to stop this disaster

What Others Are Asking

No Questions Yet

Detailed Content

Categorize these groups by how Trump's August 1 tariffs affect them.

Categorize these tariff claims by Lutnick and Trump as true or false.

The average American family faces a $_____ yearly price increase, with over _____ product categories affected by _____% to _____% baseline tariffs.

The Yale Budget Lab estimates tariffs cost Americans $_____ per household annually, while the EU faces a _____% baseline rate despite being America's _____ trading partner worth $_____ billion.

What date did Commerce Secretary Lutnick set as the "hard deadline" for new tariffs?

According to the Yale Budget Lab, Americans now face the highest average tariff rate since which year?

According to CBS polling, what percentage of Americans oppose Trump's new tariffs?

What comparison did economists make about Trump's August 1 tariffs?

Which Trump advisor talked him into a 90-day tariff postponement in April?

How should working families prepare for the August 1 tariff shock?

How do tariffs function as a regressive tax that hurts poor families most?

Arrange these events showing how Trump's tariff threats evolved into economic chaos.

Order these officials' statements about the August 1 tariff deadline.

Commerce Secretary Lutnick said small Latin American and African countries would pay the same tariff rates as major economies.

National Economic Council Director Peter Navarro confirmed the tariffs would be the largest consumer tax hike since 1930.

The average American family faces a $___ yearly price increase, with over _ product categories affected by _% to ___% baseline tariffs.

The Yale Budget Lab estimates tariffs cost Americans $___ per household annually, while the EU faces a _% baseline rate despite being America's _ trading partner worth $___ billion.