In January, the Trump administration imposed tariffs on imported washing machines.
Specifically, the administration imposed a 20 percent tariff on the first 1.2 million large residential washers imported in 2018, and a 50 percent tariff on machines above that number. Those figures decrease to 18 percent and 45 percent, respectively, in 2019, and 16 percent and 40 percent, respectively, in 2020. A tariff was also levied on parts for washing machines: 50 percent after the first 50,000 parts imported this year; 45 percent after the first 70,000 parts imported in 2019; and 40 percent after the first 90,000 parts imported in 2020. The tariffs will expire at the end of 2020.