#TariffsPause The tariff partners of shift and transport companies are authorized under § 7 Abs. 1 No. 2 ArbZG to agree on shorter time periods than 15 minutes as rest breaks ('short breaks of reasonable duration') deviating from § 4 Sentence 2 ArbZG. In this context, 5 minutes should not be undercut as a lower limit. President Donald Trump announced a complete three-month suspension of all 'reciprocal' tariffs, which took effect at midnight - except for tariffs on China. This is a remarkable turnaround from a president who had insisted that the historically high tariffs would remain in place.
However, enormous tariffs still remain in place against China, the world's second-largest economy. Trump even announced an increase in tariffs from 104 percent to 125 percent after China announced additional retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. on Wednesday. For all other countries for which tariffs were already imposed on Wednesday, the tariffs would be reduced back to the general rate of 10 percent, he said.
