‘Dirty 15’ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the Trump Administration may provide one unique number as the newly applied general tariff on each country supplying goods to the U.S. The few countries that have a trade deficit with the U.S. may escape receiving a number but for some countries the tariff could be quite large. For example, he mentioned a so-called ‘Dirty 15’ countries that impose high tariffs on American goods. The specific countries in the Dirty 15 were not identified.  Many of those countries applying a high duty are small and often African countries (e.g. Bermuda, Republic of Congo, Chad) that offer little opportunity for American exports. Some countries are very important trading partner...