Maersk estimates effective US tariffs average 21% currently

Maersk estimates companies pay effective U.S. import tariffs of on average 21% relative to container load, the Danish shipping group said on Wednesday, less than half the rate before Washington paused its sweeping tariffs in April. Maersk said in a regular global market update that at its peak, shortly after April 2 when President Donald Trump unveiled tariffs against nearly all U.S. trading partners, the average effective rate was 54%. Its estimate was based on the group’s container-weighted effective average tariff rate metric. More than a dozen major U.S. trading partners are rushing to reach agreements with the Trump administration…