Tariffs now set at roughly 40 per cent compare with average industrial profit margins of about 14.8 per cent in 2024, reported Bloomberg Economics.

That gap could prompt more intense price cuts, weakening profits, and – in the worst case – layoffs and potentially a wave of bankruptcies and closures, analysts Chang Shu, David Qu and Maeva Cousin found as reported by the media.

The analysis found that textiles, IT and communication equipment and furniture manufacturing are facing the most risks.

Of 33 industrial sectors that analysts considered, only five have margins that are wider than tariff rates. They include pharmaceuticals, tobacco and oil and gas extraction, reported BE.

“Some companies with a heavy dependence on the US market may not survive,” economists led by Chang Shu wrote in a research note on Thursday (Jul 17). “Others will scramble to adapt – accepting lower margins, laying off workers, cutting wages, and potentially flooding the domestic and other foreign markets with cut-price goods.”

Trump warned Russia that he will impose "very severe" tariffs against Moscow's remaining trade partners if it doesn't end its war in Ukraine within 50 days.

"We're going to be doing secondary tariffs. If we don't have a deal in 50 days, it's very simple. And they'll be at 100 percent, and that's the way it is," Trump told reporters at the White House.

He said he is "we're very, very unhappy" with Russia as he met with NATO chief Mark Rutte in the White House.

Trump and Rutte also unveiled a deal under which the NATO military alliance would buy arms from the United States, including Patriot anti-missile batteries, and then distribute them to Ukraine to help it battle Russia's invasion.

"This is billions of dollars worth of military equipment is going to be purchased from the United States, going to NATO... and that's going to be quickly distributed to the battlefield," Trump said.

Rutte, a former Dutch prime minister, said Ukraine would get "massive numbers" of weapons under the deal.

Earlier too, Trump warned Putin to arrive at a negotiation with Kyiv shortly after starting his second term in January, as he sought to honor his election campaign promise to end the Ukraine war within 24 hours.