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Tariff change for 150 days
The Free Press Journal
|February 22, 2026
The White House on Friday confirmed that a newly announced 10 per cent global tariff will temporarily replace earlier tariffs and reset previously negotiated trade agreements to the same rate for 150 days starting February 24.
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A White House official said the change to a 10 per cent tariff was temporary. "This is, however, only temporary as the Administration will be pursuing other legal authorities to implement more appropriate or pre-negotiated tariff rates," the official stated.
This story is from the February 22, 2026 edition of The Free Press Journal.
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