President Donald Trump ordered a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports, escalating his efforts to protect politically important US industries with levies hitting some of the country’s closest allies.

Trump has announced tariffs on major trading partners. Although this may lead to some short-term benefits, the U.S. is heavily reliant on imports of critical raw materials, especially from China.

According to President Sheinbaum, Mexico has cut a deal with the U.S. to delay the tariffs. Under the deal, she said Mexico is sending another 10,000 members of its national guard to the southern border to combat drug traffickers, while the U.S. has agreed to do more to prevent the trafficking of high-powered weapons to Mexico.

President Trump has proposed a sweeping set of tariffs. Does this mark the end of the post-war free trade world?

Amid warnings of price increases, Canada moved quickly to retaliate, China said it had planned countermeasures and Mexico said it would soon unveil its response.

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The move likely will trigger retaliation and risk igniting a trade war that could cause broad economic disruption for all countries involved.

President Trump announced potentially crippling tariffs against Canada, only to suspend them for 30 days. What will satisfy him remains unknown.

The U.S. and Canada are sparring over trade policy. The fact that the two countries are close allies makes the fracas seem all the more nasty. Thankfully, the adversaries agreed to retreat to their respective corners for 30 days,