Trump escalates trade war with steep new tariffs on slew of additional countries

President Donald Trump slapped a series of tariffs on several more countries Monday afternoon as the deadline for his "90 Deals in 90 Days" pledge approaches.

Trump, who penned several letters sent to leaders of Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, and South Africa, issued another list a few hours later.

Posting to his Truth Social platform, Trump put up letters to Thailand, Cambodia, Serbia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Tunisia. In those letters, he announced tariffs of 30% to 36% on the countries and warned of consequences if they retaliated.

The top exports from Thailand include computers, teleprinters, telephone sets, and rubber products, the U.S. Trade Representative site says.

Cambodia's exports include apparel, footwear, and travel goods.

Serbia's exports focus on tires, arms and ammunition, and other machinery, the Observatory of Economic Complexity reported.

Bangladesh exports raw cotton, petroleum gas, scrap iron, and a number of apparel items, according to Trending Economics.

Indonesia exports electronics, apparel, footwear, and agricultural products.

Bosnia and Herzegovina exports explosive ammunition, rubber footwear and mattresses.

Tunisia exports pure olive oil, mixed mineral or chemical fertilizers, and crude petroleum.

Politico reported on Saturday that a person close to the White House said, “You only have to assume he doesn’t want to take them because he likes the game too much."