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Rubio discusses tariffs with Netanyahu, State Department says

1 min Oren Levi

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed tariffs with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the State Department said in a readout of their conversation on Friday, in the aftermath of a sweeping new tariff policy announced by the United States.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio,  Jacquelyn Martin/Reuters

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio,  Jacquelyn Martin/Reuters

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed tariffs with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the State Department said in a readout of their conversation on Friday, in the aftermath of a sweeping new tariff policy announced by the United States.

Unspecified Israeli goods exports to the United States, Israel's largest single trading partner, face a 17% tariff.

Oren Levi

Oren Levi

Oren Levi knows this region the way only a native can. Based in Tel Aviv, he has spent years covering the complexities of Israel and the Palestinian territories for some of the country's leading newspapers and television channels. Sharp, well-sourced and relentlessly on the ground, he brought that expertise to Mena Today two years ago, and hasn't looked up from the story since.

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