Most New Zealand exports to the US already face a blanket global tariff rate of 10 percent, which was imposed after an earlier tariff was deemed illegal by the US Supreme Court.

The potential levies of either 10% or 12.5% would apply to 60 trading partners, although the proposal listed several product exemptions.

The latest tariff proposal by Trump’s top trade envoy comes more than three months after the Supreme Court struck down the president’s “Liberation Day” tariffs.