President Donald Trump sent letters to the leaders of five more countries Wednesday, adding to the growing list of US trading partners for whom he has set new tariff rates.

President Donald Trump has sent out tariff letters to six smaller U.S. trading partners in his first batch of import tax announcements of the day. The countries targeted so far Wednesday are

President Trump on Monday said the U.S will impose 25% tariffs on goods from South Korea and Japan by Aug. 1, while also threatening to hit a dozen other nations with steep import duties by next month.