When Donald Trump started the biggest trade war since the 1930s in his first term, his impulsive combination of threats and import taxes on U.S. trading partners created chaos, generated drama -- and drew criticism from mainstream economists who favor free trade.

Canadian business and labor leaders will meet in Toronto this Friday to discuss diversifying trade and boosting the economy in the wake of U.S. threats to impose tariffs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump’s plans to impose tariffs on some of the US’s largest agricultural trade partners next month threaten to upend markets and unleash food-price inflation.

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U.S. President Donald Trump has hinted that the European Union could be the next target in his ongoing tariff battle. After imposing steep tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada, Trump now claims the EU has been unfairly benefiting at the expense of the U.

While President Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to lower fuel prices, energy experts predicted that his pending tariffs would increase prices at the gas pump.

The president will soon have to decide whether to match his trade rhetoric with action or shelve his tariff plans.

Lower-income Americans are likely to feel the brunt of the unprecedented tariffs President Donald Trump has set in motion.