Trump’s tariffs are a $2.25 trillion gamble with the economy and prices
US President Donald Trump is on the verge of hitting America's three biggest trading partners with sweeping tariffs, a far more aggressive use of his favourite economic weapon than anything he did during his first term.
The looming import taxes on Mexico, Canada and China will be a major test of Trump's unorthodox use of tariffs, which he's described as "the greatest thing ever invented".
It's an enormous gamble, arguably a bigger one than any economic policy Trump enacted during his four-plus years in the White House. And this strategy has the potential to upend the thing many voters care about the most: the economy and the cost of living.
President Donald Trump arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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