Trump Administration Live Updates: Uncertainty Looms Hours Before Tariff Deadline
President Trump held a news conference at the White House without providing clarity about what will happen to the global trading system in less than eight hours. As of midnight, the stiff tariffs that the president announced on April 2 would go into effect, unless the president signs an executive order to stop them.
– Ana Swanson writing for the New York Times live blog, 2.00 pm EDT
[Graphic by Lazaro Gamio & Tony Romm/NYT]
The Trump administration will raise the tariff on Canadian exports to the U.S. that are not compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement (CUSMA) to 35 per cent – not including tariffs on specific sectors, like automobiles, steel and aluminum.
[From globalnews.ca, graphic by Lazaro Gamio & Tony Romm/NYT]