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US President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered a new trade investigation that could heap more tariffs on imported lumber, adding to existing duties on Canadian softwood lumber and 25% tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican goods due next week.

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday said his proposed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will take effect on March 4, along with an extra 10% duty on Chinese imports because deadly drugs are still pouring into the US from those countries.

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday gave a series of apparently contradictory answers about his plans to enact tariffs on Canada and Mexico, as well as the European Union.

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After U.S. President Donald Trump said he would introduce 25-percent tariffs on autos, lumber, and forest products, Vietnamese enterprises in these sectors are concerned over the impact of the policy on their operations and export activities.

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Asean to hold talks on ways to approach tariff threat but some members are already making their own moves to negotiate with Trump’s administration

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US President Trump’s return to the White House may create challenges for export flows in key Indian sectors. India must pursue reciprocal tariff reductions through bilateral negotiation while also embracing the need for diversification of export markets. US immigration policy may challenge India’s IT and outsourcing sectors, requiring diversification of these activities. New Delhi can take advantage of platforms like the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity to engage new partners to weather the challenges that this new tumultuous era may bring.

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President Donald Trump said tariffs scheduled to hit Canada and Mexico next month were “on time” and “moving along very rapidly” following an initial delay, even as a US official cautioned the schedule could be less certain.

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The Trump administration took aim at China with a series of moves involving investment, trade and other issues that raises the risk ties may soon worsen between the US and its top economic rival.

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President Donald Trump on Friday ordered his trade chief to revive investigations aimed at imposing tariffs on imports from countries that levy digital service taxes on US technology companies.

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The European Union estimates that the first wave of Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs will hit as much as €28 billion (US$29.3 billion or RM129.49 billion) of the bloc’s exports in what would be a massive escalation in the US president’s trade war.

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