Donald Trump is promising to put import taxes back at the center of US economic policy during his second term as US president. The country heavily taxed imports for much of its history before largely abandoning the policy,

As investors the world over brace for a global trade war with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House next week, several economists and strategists believe his proposed hefty tariff hikes could well be a negotiation tool.

Donald Trump has made it abundantly clear that he plans to instate tariffs on imported goods after he is inaugurated as president on Monday. “To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff,

Canada’s foreign minister is warning Americans they will be paying a “Trump tariff tax” if President-elect Donald Trump follows through with a threat of imposing a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods.

The government is preparing for the possibility that the incoming U.S. administration will impose high tariffs on Canadian goods, setting the close allies up for a showdown.