“You have patience,” Trump asks the Americans after the customs taxes. “This is an economic revolution, and the result will be historical”

“You are patient,” said US President Donald Trump on Saturday after the additional 10% customs duties targeting a large part of the products imported by the United States, at the same time recognizing that “it will not be easy”, given the risks of inflation, AFP reports.

This 10%universal tariff, added to the previous customs duties, represents an explosion for the world trade to be amplified in the coming days.

“This is an economic revolution and we will win,” the US president wrote on Saturday, on the SA TRUTH Social platform, asking his compatriots to “have patience” because “it will not be easy.”

“The final result will be historical,” Trump promised.

These 10% customs duties target a large part of the products that the United States imports from the rest of the world, although certain goods are exempted for the moment: oil, gases, copper, gold, platinum, paladiu, timber, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, or even minerals that are not found on the American territory.

The new rates do not concern the goods subject to separate “national security” rates of 25%, including steel and aluminum, cars, trucks and car parts, Agerpres says.

American customs agents started to collect the 10% unilateral tariff on Saturday by President Donald Trump for all imports from numerous countries, following other tax increases aimed at goods from 57 big commercial partners to begin to be applied next week.

The “basic” fare of 10% entered into force in ports, airports and customs warehouses in the US at 00:01 ET (07:01 in Romania), the first phase of Trump's initiative to completely reject the system of mutually agreed after World War II.

Countries initially hit by the 10% rate include Australia, Great Britain, Colombia, Argentina, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.