Ben Chu
Donald Trump has imposed new tariffs on goods entering the US from Canada, Mexico and China.
The US president signed an executive order putting a 25% tariff - or tax on imports - on all goods coming from Canada and Mexico, to get both countries to crack down on illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
Goods coming from China will also be hit with a 10% tariff "above any additional tariffs" until it cuts fentanyl smuggling. He has already pledged to target the country with a 60% rate, and has mulled a 200% tax on some car imports.
Tariffs are a central part of Trump's economic vision - he sees them as a way of growing the US economy, protecting jobs and raising tax revenue.
During his election campaign, he told voters that the taxes were "not going to be a cost to you, it’s a cost to another country".
That was almost universally regarded by economists as misleading.
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