President to impose ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on largest trading partners and says new charges will bring about ‘golden age’
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Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on some of its largest trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of US trade policy and threatening to unleash a global trade war on what he has dubbed “liberation day”.
Trump said he will impose a 10% universal tariff on all imported foreign goods in addition to “reciprocal tariffs” on a few dozen countries, charging additional duties onto countries that Trump claims have “cheated” America.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/trump-new-tariffs-liberation-day
Author : Lauren Aratani in New York and David Smith in Washington
Publish date : 2025-04-02 21:51:00
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