The World Reacts to Trump’s Aug. 1 Tariff War

Welcome again to World Brief, where we look at the global response to New we Definitions, GazaThe escalating hunger crisis, and precedent South Korea President Yun Suk Yol refuses to be interrogated.

“New truth”

For several months, global capitals have been impatiently waited to find out the definitions that their countries will face on August 1, when US President Donald Trump pledged to impose comprehensive duties on almost all Washington business partners. This day (mostly) here.

Welcome again to World Brief, where we look at the global response to New we Definitions, GazaThe escalating hunger crisis, and precedent South Korea President Yun Suk Yol refuses to be interrogated.

“New truth”

For several months, global capitals have been impatiently waited to find out the definitions that their countries will face on August 1, when US President Donald Trump pledged to impose comprehensive duties on almost all Washington business partners. This day (mostly) here.

Late Thursday, Trump issued an executive declaration of new and arbitrary tariff prices on 92 countries, despite the delay of its implementation date for another seven days, until August 7, to allow the update of the American tariff schedule. “It is a new fact for a country, and a planet, the post -World War II’s prosperity has been listed through decades -long -breaking effort to dismantle the barriers to trade,” according to Keith Johnson, the FP commercial correspondent.

In an interview with NBC News, Trump described the process as “very smooth” and confirmed that its announced prices will not be modified on Friday. However, he added: “This does not mean that someone does not come within four weeks and says we can make some deal.”

This may be good news for countries facing the highest rates, including Brazil by 50 percent, Syria by 41 percent, Laos and Myanmar by 40 percent, and Switzerland with 39 percent. When Trump launched the comprehensive definitions in April, and then stopped them almost immediately due to the market panic, his administration pledged to secure “90 deals in 90 days.” Until now, the White House has not only hit business frameworks with Cambodia, the European Union, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, the United Kingdom and Vietnam. Negotiations have been postponed with China and Mexico, and no African countries have not yet linked deals.

Among the most angry countries of Trump’s new prices, Switzerland, which were struck at a tariff rate of 8 percent highest points, which the American president initially threatened, although most of the countries that have their primary duties that were preserved or reduced. The Swiss Minister of Economy said, “Bern was exposed,” “The main association of the country’s main engineering calls for” incomprehensible “and the risk of” long -term cooperation with the United States “, and Swiss President Karen Keeler pledged annoying on Friday.

Taiwan also expressed Trump’s anger on August 1, which will impose a 20 percent tariff on Taiwanese goods. While this is less than 32 percent at the beginning in April, it still exceeds 15 percent of other allies in East Asia, Japan and South Korea. The Taiwanese President Lay Cheng Ter confirmed that the new rate is “temporary”, adding that “we will continue to negotiations and we will seek a more suitable rate for Taiwan.”

Many other countries have also pledged to pressure for a better deal, including South Africa (whose rate has not changed by 30 percent) and New Zealand (its average increased from 10 percent to 15 percent).

However, some countries appeared from the August 1 announcement at much lower rates than expected. The narrowest discounts in customs tariffs went to Lesoto (from 50 percent to 15 percent), Madagascar (47 per cent to 15 percent), and Voland Islands (from 41 percent to 10 percent).

Many governments also praised their low rates as evidence of their successful diplomatic maneuvers. The Australian Minister of Trade, Don Farrell, stated the 10 % of Canberra – the minimum amount announced by the White House – as a “justification” for a good job. Bangladesh celebrated its low rate from 37 percent to 20 percent as a “decisive diplomatic victory”. Malaysia and Cambodia chanted the same rates of 19 percent, after moving from 24 percent and 49 percent, respectively.

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What we are following

A journey to the aid site in Gaza. White House envoy Steve Whitchv and the American ambassador to Israel, Mike Hakapi, traveled to Gaza on Friday to inspect the aid distribution site supervised by the controversial and backed by the United States (GHF). The purpose of the visit was giving [the president] A clear understanding of the humanitarian situation and helps in drafting a plan to provide food and medical assistance to the people of Gaza, “published and dies on X.

Their visit comes at a time when it warns the best hunger monitoring in the world of the circumstances at the level of famine in Gaza, driven by the Israeli war and strict restrictions to enter the region. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirms that the collective hunger charges are exaggerated, and GHF claims that many of the crisis is fueled by Hamas stole the aid from the convoys. However, there is no evidence of such a systematic theft, and even Trump (the closest foreign ally of Netanyahu) has publicly refuted the statement of the Israeli leader.

On Thursday, Izaat Rishq described the senior official in Hamas, visiting the American delegation “propaganda offer”, adding that “Witkoff will only see in Gaza what the occupation wants to see.”

More than 1,300 Palestinians have been killed while trying to reach food since May, when Israel partially lifted the siege on helping Gaza, according to the United Nations Human Rights Office. Soon after the visit of US officials to Gaza on Friday, a local hospital stated that the shooting near the GHF site, which visited Wittakov and Hakapi killed at least three people and wounded six others.

The act of protest. On Friday, former South Korean President Yun Suk Yol refused to submit to more interrogation about allegations that he and his wife had an inappropriate impact on the party’s nomination at that time in 2022. It was the third time that Yoon has challenged such a request; However, this time, the Yun tactics included removing his uniform and placed on the floor of the detention room. According to what was stated, he put his clothes again as soon as the investigators leave.

Yun was removed from his post in April after announcing a short -term military law order in December 2024, which sparked allegations of the coup attempt. Yun asserts that the decree was necessary to combat the democratic party at the time, which he accused of obstructing his political agenda. Yun faces a separate trial for the installation of a rebellion, which is punishable by death or life imprisonment.

Yun’s lawyers retreated to repeated interrogation requests by claiming that the former president is fine due to the previous circumstances, including those that risk his sight. They argue that Yoon did not receive sufficient medical care during detention, citing an unidentified hospital.

The authoritarian transformation. Selfador’s constitution changes to President Nayeb Bokley to remain in power indefinitely. The legislators agreed with the Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas, which holds a supernatural wage in the country’s legislative assembly, and Thursday changes to remove the boundaries of the presidential period and extend a period of five to six years. The legislation strengthens the Supreme Court ruling in 2021, which allowed my dealers to run for a second for five years, despite the constitutional ban; The Supreme Court was stacked with the judges chosen by the ideas of Nouvas.

Bukele won the re -election of the ground collapse last year, claiming nearly 85 percent of the votes, on a platform that meets the needs of gang violence. However, rights groups accused the agent of implementing collective arrests without due legal procedures and imprisoning people without relations with gang organizations, including political dissidents, activists, lawyers and journalists. Even an agent called himself “the most amazing dictator in the world.”

Experts warn that the constitutional change on Thursday can increase the promotion of Bokley’s authoritarian grip on power. “This is an attempt to create a dictatorship in El Salvador,” said Juan Babir, deputy director of the Americans in Human Rights Watch.

What in the world?

The armed rebels seized a major Somali town on Sunday. With which rebel -affiliated organization?

A. M23
for. Islamic State Khwasan
Sea Al Qaeda
D

Difficulties end

He may be a woman’s world, but Justin Trudeau seems happy to live in. The former Canadian Prime Minister was seen at the party of American pop star Katie Perry in Montreal late Wednesday, encouraging “fireworks” alongside screaming fans. Now that Trudeau is no longer responsible for managing a country, he seems to have more time to enjoy good life. Trudeau, who separated from his 18 -year -old wife in 2023, was recently photographed to eat with Perry – who has long been separated from Bo Orlando Bloom – rumors of an emerging love story.

The answer is …

D

The central city is located in Mahas, a major government site, about 220 miles north of the capital, Mogadishu, Nosmot Gbadamosi reports in FP in Africa.

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