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Tariffs have defined Donald Trump's second mandate since day one in the Oval Office
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Blaming Canada and Mexico for failing to combat illegal immigration and drug smuggling, he
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slapped a 25 percent levy on his neighbors. Indicating the back and fourth nature the U.S. President was to adopt, he then suspended them
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for a month, though China saw a 10 percent tariff go into effect for February 4 as Beijing
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prepared to retaliate. Trump didn't stop there. Every country will be reciprocal
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The ones that are taking advantage of the United States, we're going to have a reciprocity is reciprocal
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On February 10th, Washington hit steel and aluminium imports with a 25% levy
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marking the first time in Trump's second term a set of tariffs was applied to all countries
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Meanwhile, the U.S.'s largest trading partners, Canada, Mexico and China, all saw measures come into force on March 4th
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Ottawa responded with 25% tariffs of its own on 155 billion dollars worth of US goods
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Two days later, another suspension for Canada and Mexico, as Beijing targeted US farm products with 10 to 15% levies
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Then it was the European Union's turn. We are responding with countermeasures worth 26 billion euros
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This matches the economic scope of the tariffs of the United States
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United States. The EU sought to hold off until mid-April seeking dialogue, but Trump wouldn't be
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turned. He threatened one of his largest tariffs to date, 200% on European alcohol should the
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block move forward, and later unveiled a 25% levy on all cars and parts imports to the US
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said to come into force on Thursday
