President Trump announces new tariffs on all imports to US

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Watch: Key moments in Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs announcement

US President Donald Trump has announced a universal “baseline” 10% tariff on all imports into the US, on what he has dubbed “Liberation Day”.

Trump also unveiled a 10% tariff on UK goods and 20% on EU goods in a watershed moment for global trade. The US will also hit certain countries with much steeper tariffs, as high as 50%.

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