President Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on his threat to impose stiff tariffs on the United States’ top trading partners Feb. 1, despite allies’ assertions Tuesday that the tariff agenda is likely to take shape over a longer, 100-day period.

WASHINGTON — Amid the whirl of orders Donald Trump issued in the early hours of his presidency, one was conspicuous in its absence: new tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Trump had pledged to impose 25% tariffs on both countries on Day One of his presidency to pressure them to keep migrants and drugs out of the United States.

In Donald Trump’s first 36 hours back in the White House, he threatened to slap tariffs on the US’s top four trading partners starting as soon as next week.

Mexican drug gangs are a driving force behind the U.S. fentanyl crisis and Trump vowed to crack down on cartels during his successful presidential campaign.

Donald Trump is back in the White House, promising to use the United States's vast economic weight to hit back at China for its alleged unfair trade practices and role in the deadly American fentanyl crisis.

President spars with Washington bishop; warns Putin of sanctions sans deal to end Ukraine war; hints at high tariffs for China by Feb 1.

We could see fentanyl production simply shift to domestic ... where she met the head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. “A lot of families out there are like, ‘Let ...

On the very first full day of his second presidency, Mr Trump said the tariffs on China were still on the table in his remarks to reporters at the White House on Tuesday. The remarks came even after Mr Trump refrained from mentioning China from the countries he was looking to target immediately.

China on Wednesday vowed to defend its "national interests" against tariff threats from US President Donald Trump after warned he could impose a 10% duty on imports from the country by the end of next week.

World: Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, also warned the European Union it could face stiff levies while taking aim once again at Beijing over fentanyl trafficking.

Trump voiced his latest tariff threats in remarks to reporters at the White House a day after taking office without immediately imposing tariffs as he had promised during his campaign.

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the U.