Zimbabwe on Sunday became the first country to announce it will suspend its tariffs on U.S. goods, after President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on all U.S. trade partners.

The president announced the tariffs last week, which hit Zimbabwe with an 18% tariff on all exports to the United States. 

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa wrote in a post on X that the decision is intended to help establish a "positive" diplomatic relationship with the U.S. under Trump's and Secretary of State Marco Rubio's leadership.

"In the spirit of constructing a mutually beneficial and positive relationship with the United States of America, under the leadership of President Trump, I will direct the Zimbabwean government to implement a suspension of all tariffs levied on goods originating from the United States," Mnangagwa wrote.

"This measure is intended to facilitate the expansion of American imports within the Zimbabwean market, while simultaneously promoting the growth of Zimbabwean exports destined for the United States," he added. 

Zimbabwe has had a rocky diplomatic history with the U.S. because of the African country's human rights record, and a race-based land reform program in 2000, BBC News reported.

The U.S. first sanctioned the Zimbabwean government in 2000 over the reform program, but the Biden administration lifted the initial sanctions and replaced them with more specific sanctions in 2024, which included sanctions on Mnangagwa.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday made Israel the second country to announce an end to all its tariffs on American goods.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.