Trump signs executive order to impose reciprocal tariffs – US politics live

US president says ‘whatever countries charge the United States of America, we will charge them’ in long-trailed announcement

Donald Trump said he plans to unveil reciprocal tariffs on Thursday but gave no other details, Reuters reports.

“Today is the big one: reciprocal tariffs,” Trump wrote on his social media platform.

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