President Donald Trump’s tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico are presented by the president and his boosters as a boon to American businesses. If products from China are more expensive, the argument goes, then people will instead buy from counterparts based in the US.

President Trump plans to impose fresh tariffs on all aluminum and steel imports, seeking to curb China’s growing dominance in global trade. These six charts show the tariffs’ potential economic

Trump's new tariffs could drive up prices, impact jobs, and shift global trade. Explore the economic effects and what’s at stake for consumers and businesses.

Trump wants to introduce "reciprocal tariffs" - taxes on imports to the US which are set at a similar rate to taxes other countries put on goods they import from the US. The president says other countries often have higher tariffs on imports from the US than the other way round and believes America "has been treated unfairly by trading partners,