World leaders and global markets were left reeling Thursday after US President Donald Trump unveiled steep tariffs on imports from all countries, in the biggest shakeup of the international trading system in decades.
In a speech in the White House Rose Garden, Trump announced baseline levies of 10% on all imports, and far higher tariffs on many key trading partners, saying that “for years, hard working American citizens were forced to sit on the sidelines as other nations got rich and powerful, much of it at our expense.”
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