President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would impose a 35% tariff on imports from Canada next month and planned blanket tariffs on most other trading partners.

Trump’s new tariff letters have sent shockwaves across global markets as he targets 22 countries with tough new trade threats just weeks before the August 1 deadline. From close allies like Japan and South Korea to BRICS nations like Brazil and South Africa,

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday his country needed to wean itself from U.S. dependence in such key areas as security, food and energy, as Tokyo faces the prospect of new U.S. tariffs in three weeks.

"The big money will start coming in on Aug. 1, I think that was made clear today," Trump told reporters. He then turned to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who estimated that the United States could collect more than $300 billion in tariff revenue by the end of the year,

Global shares are mostly higher following a choppy trading day on Wall Street as the Trump administration seeks to win more favorable trade deals with nations around the globe