The last-minute deal had echoes of Trump's first administration, when he threatened Mexico with tariffs and Sheinbaum's predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador defused the threat, sending thousands of troops under his newly created National Guard to deter migrants from crossing the border.

Trump calls it unfair that some countries apply higher tariffs to specific American goods than the U.S. applies back. A new executive order seeks to change that.

Donald Trump’s decision to raise tariffs on steel and aluminum imports has drawn a swift reaction from one trade group warning that the move would have global ramifications.

Donald Trump's trade advisers were finalizing plans on Wednesday for the reciprocal tariffs the U.S. president has vowed to impose on every country that charges duties on U.S. imports, ratcheting up fears of a widening global trade war.

US President Donald Trump's use of tariffs as a blunt weapon to extract concessions on everything from commerce to immigration and drug trafficking could redraw global trading norms, analysts say. Since his inauguration on Jan.

European Union trade ministers will hold an unscheduled video conference on Wednesday to discuss the bloc's response to impending U.S. steel and aluminium tariffs, EU diplomats said on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump signed proclamations late on Monday to raise tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports to 25% without exceptions or exemptions.

Trump has said his latest tariffs will take effect on 12 March "without exceptions or exemptions". With just over a month to go before the tax kicks in, here is how some countries have responded. As one of the largest suppliers of both commodities to the US,