Trump pledged to liberate the nation from higher prices, and is betting tariffs won\u2019t raise them too high, for too long<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
For weeks, Donald Trump and his aides sought to brand Wednesday as \u201cliberation day\u201d in America. Many in the US could be forgiven for wondering what exactly they\u2019ve just been liberated from.<\/p>\n
After much hype, the president unveiled his plan for a new era in global trade: a blanket 10% tariff on goods imported into the US from Saturday, and higher \u201creciprocal\u201d tariffs (of up to 49%) on countries taxing US exports from next Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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