Trump announces new tariffs on pharmaceuticals, trucks starting Oct. 1

President Donald Trump has announced the latest round of customs duties that were entertained on October 1 in a series of social sites in fact Thursday evening.

Pharmaceutical definitions, home commodities and heavy trucks will target, and Trump said he believed this step will strengthen the United States to manufacture and protect national security.

In one of the publications, he announced that patented branded drug products will face a 100 % tariff unless the company was actively building a factory in the United States. He continued to determine this as a key to construction or under construction.

The area is that this measure will force the drug makers to convert production to American soil.

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Trump has also announced plans to stop “floods” from imports that threaten American manufacturers to impose a 50 % tariff on kitchen cabinets, bathroom arrogance and relevant products, and a 30 % tariff on upholstered furniture.

“The reason for this is” floods “widely for these products to the United States by other external countries. It is a very unfair practice, but we must protect, for national security and other reasons, our manufacturing process. Thank you for your interest in this issue!” The president wrote.

He also said that he would impose a 25 % tariff on heavy trucks that were built outside the United States, a step aimed at protecting local companies such as Peterlet, Kenworth, Freightliner and Mack trucks.

Trump said he would impose a 25 % tariff on heavy trucks built outside the United States (Fox News / Fox News)

“In order to protect our heavy truck manufacturing companies from the unfair external competition, as of October 1, 2025, I will impose a 25 % tariff on all heavy trucks (large!) That were made in other parts of the world,” said Post.

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The announcement confirmed Trump’s push to framing commercial policy not only as an economic lever, but as a issue of national security.

“We need truck drivers to be in good and strong health, for many reasons, but above all, for national security purposes!” books.

Trump argues that the customs tariff is necessary for American manufacturing and “national security”, although economists have warned that measures could raise consumer prices in addition to escalating tensions.

The American “Made in Usa” is sealed and available for sale in Home Depot on March 3, 2025, in Pasadina, California. (Mario Tama / Getty Images / Getty Images)

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In February, he argued with questions and professor at the University of Brown in economics şebnem Kalemli-Regcan: “American consumers will be harmed … either to prepare to buy things more famous, search for alternatives, or reduce their consumption.”

“It can significantly increase inflation and unemployment,” the head of the Federal Reserve in Dallas Lori Logan said in the comments prepared for a speech at the Peterson Institute for International Economy on Trade and Immigration that increase the tariff.