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USA elevate tariffs on wind turbines – and 406 other products
Updated on August 19, 2025 – 7:30 p.m.Reading time: 19 min.
The US government is expanding its tariffs to steel and aluminum products. The approval of President Trump is in the basement. All developments in the news blog.
The US government is expanding its steel and aluminum tariffs to hundreds of other shopping categories. The US trade ministry said on Tuesday to 407 additional products. Among other things, wind turbines and their components, mobile cranes, bulldozer, railway wagons, pumps and furniture are affected. According to an announcement in the US Federal Gazette (Federal Register), the regulation came into force on Monday. Customs refers to the steel and aluminum proportion of the so-called derivative products.
The measure is part of President Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policy. This announced in May to double the flat -rate customs set to steel and aluminum to 50 percent in order to support the domestic manufacturers. Trump has fundamentally changed world trade due to the imposition of significantly higher tariffs to almost all exports to the USA and tariffs on goods to certain sectors. The extension now has been based on a 1962 law, which allows measures for national security reasons. Trump argues that the tariffs will lead to an expansion of domestic production.
Venezuela’s ruler Nicolás Maduro has announced the mobilization of 4.5 million militia officers in the country in response to “threats”. “This week I will activate a special plan to guarantee a cover with more than 4.5 million militia officers in the entire territory,” said Maduro on Monday on a appearance broadcast from state television. “Prepared, activated and armed militias,” added the left -wing nationalist.
Venezuela’s militia was founded by Maduro’s predecessor Hugo Chávez. According to official information, it belongs to more than five million civilians and reservists. She is subject to the army.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently confirmed an expansion of the US Navy’s deployment in the Caribbean in the fight against drug cartels. This was done shortly after the United States had doubled bounty on Maduro to $ 50 million (around 43 million euros). The US Ministry of Justice accuses Maduro of leading the powerful drug cartel “Cártel de los Sole” (cartel of the sun).
According to insiders, the United States has sent three steering gun destroyers off the Venezuela coast. The ships will arrive in the next 36 hours off the coast of the South American country, as two people familiar with the matter announced on Monday (local time). The destroyers are the USS Gravely, the USS Jason Dunham and the USS Sampson. The posting is part of a greater commitment to drug cartels in the region.
