Global Tariff Rates 9 December 20218 September 2021 by Tejvan PettingerThis shows that in the past couple of decades, average global tariffs have continued to fall to less than 3%Average Tariff Rates in USA (1821-2016) Source Wiki Commons CC-SA 4.0 Falling EU tariffs to just under 2%The rise in US tarrifs in 2019, a reflection of the Trump trade war.