Leader of the House, Minister Bimal Rathnayake, has announced that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will convene an all-party meeting this week to discuss the recently imposed US tariffs.
In a statement on ‘X’, Minister Rathnayake said the President will meet all party leaders at the Presidential Secretariat tomorrow, 10 April 2025.
“The discussion will focus on the impact of unusual US Tariffs on our exports. Today morning, 12 opposition party leaders requested to meet the president to discuss the issue,” he added.
The Donald Trump-led US Government recently imposed reciprocal tariffs on several countries, including Sri Lanka.
A 44% tariff was imposed on Sri Lankan goods by the United States under President Donald Trump’s revised trade policy, effective from 09 April 2025.
The move, described by the U.S. as a reciprocal measure in response to what it claims are Sri Lanka’s 88% trade barriers on American goods, places Sri Lanka among the countries facing the highest tariff rates globally. (Newswire)
