President Donald Trump, speaking at the White House, held up a chart showing proposed import taxes: 34 percent on China, 20 percent on the EU, among others.

Donald Trump has announced sweeping new trade tariffs targeting 50 countries including the UK as part of his "Make America Wealthy Again" plan. The UK will face a minimum 10 per cent tariff on goods exported to the United States.

Donald Trump announced a sweeping set of new tariffs for countries around the world in a press conference on Wednesday, April 2, but people have been distracted by one detail

The calculations used by the White House don’t include a detailed assessment of each foreign country's trade practices.

US President Donald Trump has imposed a 10% tariff on goods from most countries being imported into the US, with even higher rates for what he calls the "worst offenders". But how exactly were these tariffs - essentially taxes on imports - worked out?

Trump imposed the steepest US tariffs in more than a century, stepping up his campaign to reshape global trade.

President trump's new tariffs against more than 60 countries sent markets tumbling this morning in Asia. Top European union officials are calling them a "major blow" to the global economy.

Global markets were in a tailspin on Thursday as policymakers and trade partners expressed dismay over president’s latest trade-war salvo.

The UK has been hit with a 10% tariff on all of its goods being brought into the US, which Trump says is a retaliation to UK tariffs on American goods, but uncertainty remains over the potential impact on British consumers.