{
  "id": 19552,
  "title": "Trump activates tariffs on medications and forces pharmaceutical companies to choose between paying more or moving to the country",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/trump-activa-los-aranceles-a-los-medicamentos-y-obliga-a-las",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-01T03:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais Economia",
    "slug": "el-pais-economia",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/economia/2026-08-01/trump-activa-los-aranceles-a-los-medicamentos-y-obliga-a-las-farmaceuticas-a-elegir-entre-pagar-mas-o-trasladarse-al-pais.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "The Donald Trump administration has moved from threat to action. The United States began applying tariffs this Friday to patented medicines and imported active ingredients under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, a tool reserved for sectors considered strategic for national security. The measure affects the large pharmaceutical companies included in Annex III of the executive order and makes the sector one of the new fronts of Washington's commercial offensive. For the rest of the companies not on this list, the measure will start being applied as of September 29. The products listed in this section are exempt from the fees announced last week under the forced labor investigation, which avoids a double penalty.",
  "summary": "Las grandes compañías europeas pagarán gravámenes del 15% para exportar a Estados Unidos",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}