Explainer
What Is Trump Actually Trying to Do With Tariffs?
The US president is using import taxes in a campaign to reshape the global economy. Here’s what you need to know.
After promising during his election campaign to put tariffs back at the center of US economic policy, President Donald Trump has delivered on the pledge. Even with the 90-day pause on some tariffs announced on April 9, new import taxes the US has imposed since Trump began his second term represent the country’s most significant protectionist shift in more than a century and push the world’s biggest economy into uncharted territory.
Read more: Bloomberg’s Trump Tariff Tracker