With less than a month in office, the president has pursued trade actions that could shatter the global trading system and dwarf the trade measures he took over his entire first term.

In an escalation of his trade war, President Donald Trump moved to put tariffs on nations that levy taxes and fees that hurt U.S. businesses.

What are tariffs? What tariffs has Trump imposed? Why has Trump imposed tariffs? How will the tariffs work? Who pays the tariffs? How will Trump’s tariffs affect Americans? How will Trump’s tariffs affect the UK?

Britain entered a rare deficit in its goods trade with the United States at the end of last year, according to data published on Thursday that London will hope bolsters its case against the imposition of new tariffs by President Donald Trump.

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to introduce a new round of tariffs against the automotive sector by April 2. The announcement comes a day after the signing of a memorandum to impose “reciprocal tariffs” on countries that tax US products,

Donald Trump could hammer British businesses with bigger US trade tariffs than China after the US president announced plans to punish countries charging VAT on American goods. UK industry leaders called on the Government to start urgent talks with Washington after being warned they "could be significantly hit" by the move.