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As of August 2025, the United States reissued  new tariffs for the Middle East and North African region. Initially on April 9, 2025, the United States levied a revised baseline of ** percent on all goods imported from countries of the Middle East and North Africa. The current tariff from August 7, is closer based on the initial tariff calculation of April 3, the rates of imported goods would have varied by country in the region, with Syria and Iraq at ** and ** percent, respectively.

Tariffs and their effects

he intertwined nature of global trade and supply chains implies that the shockwaves of significant policy changes and economic turbulences spread more easily across countries. This was illustrated in the effects of new United States tariffs on Arab countries, where projections show a *** percent decrease in investments in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Meanwhile, the impact of these tariffs on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) imports forecast a ** percent decrease in imports from the United States to the Arab region.

Middle East-United States trade relations

The nature of trade relationships between the United States and the Middle East is often influenced by geopolitical and security realities, with Israel, UAE, and Saudi Arabia being the leading bilateral trading partners. A particularly strong trade relationship exists between the GCC countries and the United States, evident in the value of exports from the former to the latter. On the other hand, the value of exports from the broader Arab region to the United States fell considerably in the last decade, largely due to petroleum and oil revenue decrease.