Trump to impose tariffs as nervous world awaits trade war

04/01/2025 06:12 PM

President Donald Trump argues that American workers and manufacturers have been hurt over the past decades by free-trade deals. Photo: Getty Images US President Donald Trump is to impose new tariffs, the White House has confirmed, though it provided no details about the size and scope of trade barriers that have businesses, consumers and investors fretting about an intensifying global trade war.