On July 7, 2025, President Donald Trump extended the pause on higher country-specific reciprocal tariffs through 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 1. It was not a pause on every tariff: U.S. Customs and Border Protection said a 10% additional rate generally remained in place during the extension, subject to exceptions. China followed a separate schedule. A July 31 order then set revised rates to take effect seven days later, and a February 20, 2026 order later directed agencies to end specified additional duties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), including reciprocal tariffs. Other tariffs were not all ended.
What did the July 7 extension do?
The April 2, 2025 “Liberation Day” announcement set an additional 10% tariff baseline and announced higher additional rates for some trading partners. On April 9, Executive Order 14266 suspended application of those higher rates for listed partners other than China, substituting the 10% rate for a 90-day period. That suspension was due to expire July 9.
Executive Order 14316, issued July 7, extended the suspension of the specified higher rates until 12:01 a.m. EDT on August 1. It did not cancel the reciprocal-tariff program or suspend all U.S. tariffs. The order’s text is available in the White House order extending the suspension.
What tariff applied during the extension?
For covered goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, before the August 1 cutoff, CBP said the additional 10% rate generally continued to apply under HTSUS heading 9903.01.25, subject to exceptions. The July 8 CBP implementation guidance explains entry treatment and exceptions.
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That 10% was an additional reciprocal tariff rate, not necessarily the total duty on an import. The ordinary duty for a product and other applicable measures could also matter. Country of origin, tariff classification, entry date, exclusions and overlapping tariff actions all affect a real customs calculation.
Why August 1 was not a simple return to the April rates
On July 31, Executive Order 14326 prescribed revised country-specific rates and a 10% rate for partners not listed in its schedule. The order said those changes would take effect seven days after its date, rather than simply restoring every rate announced on April 2 at the August 1 cutoff. It also provided a limited rule for certain goods already in transit. See the July 31 White House order for its effective-date, product and transit provisions.
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The July 7 White House fact sheet had announced rates for 14 partners as rates expected to take effect August 1. Those were announcements at that time, not a lasting or current tariff schedule:
| Trading partner | Rate announced July 7, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Japan | 25% |
| South Korea | 25% |
| South Africa | 30% |
| Kazakhstan | 25% |
| Laos | 40% |
| Malaysia | 25% |
| Myanmar | 40% |
| Tunisia | 25% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30% |
| Indonesia | 32% |
| Bangladesh | 35% |
| Serbia | 35% |
| Cambodia | 36% |
| Thailand | 36% |
The White House said some of these announced rates were lower and some higher than the April 2 rates. The figures and that comparison are from its July 7 fact sheet; the subsequent July 31 order changed the schedule.
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The European Union provision
The July 31 order treated the European Union differently from a simple flat additional rate: where an EU good’s existing Column 1 duty was below 15%, the additional duty was set so the combined amount reached 15%; where that duty was already at least 15%, the provision prescribed no additional rate. Product-specific treatment still depends on the order’s terms.
China had a separate pause
China was excluded from the July 7 extension because its reciprocal-tariff suspension was governed separately by Executive Order 14298. CBP described that separate suspension, covering China including Hong Kong and Macau, as continuing through 12:01 a.m. EDT on August 12, 2025, subject to its own terms and exceptions. The July 7 order expressly said the China suspension remained unaltered.
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What changed after the 2025 pause?
As of the later official action cited here, Executive Order 14389, dated February 20, 2026, directed agencies to end specified additional ad valorem duties imposed under IEEPA by listed orders, including the reciprocal-tariff order. It did not end every tariff. The order expressly preserved other duties, including those under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act and Section 301 of the Trade Act, and also identified separate actions it did not affect. Read the February 20, 2026 order for the scope of that direction.
That distinction matters for household costs: the end of specified IEEPA duties does not establish that a particular imported product became duty-free. A product may remain subject to ordinary customs duties or other measures. For an actual purchase or import, check the product’s classification, origin, entry date and applicable exclusions against current official customs guidance; this timeline is not a product-specific duty determination.
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What the tariff timeline does—and does not—show
The policy orders and CBP guidance establish dates, rates and customs-entry rules. They do not, by themselves, measure how much this particular extension changed consumer prices, tariff revenue or the economy. Claims about those effects require separate evidence and should not be inferred from the announced rates alone.
For legal context, the Congressional Research Service has described Section 232 and IEEPA as distinct authorities and summarized litigation over IEEPA tariffs as of its report’s publication. That historical summary does not determine the legal status after the February 2026 order. See CRS, Section 232 and Section 301 Trade Remedies.
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