President promised liberation, yet immediate impact could be rising shop prices and corrosive uncertainty for firmsDonald Trump is finally making good on his campaign promises to “build that wall” – but instead of steel fencing along the Mexican border, it will be constructed from tariffs, and will enclose the entire United States.In his pugnacious and typically rambling speech on the White House lawn on Wednesday, Trump set out plans for across-the-board import taxes, ranging from 10% to more than 40%. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/donald-trump-builds-a-wall-made-of-tariffs-enclosing-the-whole-us
Author : Heather Stewart Economics editor
Publish date : 2025-04-02 21:37:00
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Donald Trump builds a wall made of tariffs, enclosing the whole US
