Israeli officials reacted with shock to a 17% tariff on products exported to the U.S., having signed a directive a day earlier scrapping all remaining tariffs on American imports. Israel's exports of goods to the U.

Israel has cancelled its remaining tariffs on imports from the United States, officials said on Tuesday, a day before the Trump administration hits global trading partners with reciprocal levies.

Israel is removing the remaining tariffs it has on imports from the United States before the Trump administration imposes countertariffs on its trading partners. The U.S. and Israel have a close diplomatic and trade relationship,