President Donald Trump has slapped the Algerian and Tunisian regimes with higher tariffs reaching respectively at least 30% and 25% and warned them that any reprisals would draw tougher counter-measures.

In separate letters sent to Presidents Abdelmajid Tebboune of Algeria and Kais Saied of Tunisia, Trump notified them that the new higher tariffs take effect from August 1.

And “if for any reason you decide to raise your Tariffs, then, whatever the number you choose to raise them by, will be added onto” the amount the United States plans to charge, warned the U.S. President on his Truth Social platform.

‘’We must move away from these long-term, and very persistent, Trade Deficits engendered by Algeria’s Tariff, and Non-Tariff, Policies and Trade Barriers”, said President in his letter.

“Our relationship has been, unfortunately, far from reciprocal. Starting on August 1, 2025, we will charge Algeria a Tariff of only 30% on any and all Algerian products sent into the United States, separate from all Sectoral Tariffs”, he added, warning that “goods transshipped to evade a higher Tariff will be subject to that higher Tariff”. He also affirmed that the 30% tariff hike is far less than what is needed to eliminate the trade deficit disparity the United States has with Algeria.

In his letter to Kais Saied, President Trump tells him “If you wish to open your heretofore closed Trading Markets to the United States, and eliminate your Tariff, and Non-Tariff, Policies and Trade Barriers, we will, perhaps, consider an adjustment to this letter. These Tariffs may be modified, upward or downward, depending on our relationship with your Country.”

Libya, Brunei, the Philippines, Iraq and Moldova and Libya have also received U.S. trade notices but each country faces its own tariff rate announced before Trump’s meeting with west African leaders.

Trump’s guests today include the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal, and has so far concentrated on his “trade, not aid” policy.

The United States is currently charging a 10% baseline tariff on imports from most countries. The higher rates are part of the “reciprocal” tariffs that Trump imposed in early April and then paused for 90 days. They were scheduled to go into effect on July 9 for countries that had not directly struck deals with the administration. But the president signed an executive order on July 7 that delayed their collection until August 1.