Canadians are bracing alongside other geopolitical partners as President Donald Trump prepares to unleash his next round of tariffs in what he is calling "liberation day."
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Canada is prepared to remove all previous tariffs on U.S. goods if the Trump administration decides to do so as well
With President Donald Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” of tariff implementation fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some of those plans to the test by forcing a vote to nullify the emergency declaration that underpins the tariffs on Canada.
President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” is here. For months, Trump kept businesses and nations across the globe largely in the dark on his tariff plans that revolve around what he refers to as “reciprocal tariffs.
And it’s happening, and it will happen rather quickly,” Trump said in a joint address to Congress early in March.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.
President Donald Trump has promised to unleash a wave of dollar-for-dollar reciprocal tariffs on nations that he feels are treating the United States unfairly in terms of trade, either through higher tariffs or non-tariff trade barriers.
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The White House says President Trump's trade policy will come to a head on April 2, when the administration unveils a plan for reciprocal tariffs. Why it matters: The new tariff regime will take aim at trading partners that officials believe treat domestic exporters unfairly.
Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Rand Paul, also of Kentucky, will hopefully get on the Republican bandwagon, for a change,” Trump