Turkey Scraps Retaliatory US Tariffs Before Key Trump Summit

The rate of tariffs on Turkish goods were set at 15% by the US in August.
Photographer: Kerem Uzel/Bloomberg

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By Beril Akman and Tugce Ozsoy

September 22, 2025 at 7:04 AM UTC

Updated on

September 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM UTC

Turkey removed retaliatory tariffs imposed on some US products following a 2018 diplomatic row, before a White House summit expected to yield multibillion-dollar deals.

The additional levies targeted a range of goods from cars to whiskey, introduced after the US imposed similar taxes on Turkish steel and aluminum when the two countries fell out over the arrest of an American pastor.