President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office as part of his effort to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs. He said he would impose a 25% tax on all products entering the country from Canada and Mexico,

THE ORIGINAL intention was for American presidents to be mere legal executors—not emperors able to impose their will unilaterally. Over time, though, Congress has ceded more and more authority to the executive branch,

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort Friday after the president-elect threatened to impose tariffs on Canadian products. Trump has floated imposing a 25% tariff on all goods coming into the United States from Canada and Mexico if the flow of drugs and immigrants across the northern and southern

The tariffs, if implemented, could dramatically raise prices for American consumers on everything from gas to automobiles to agricultural products.

Trump threatened to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China through executive order on Inauguration Day. It’s unclear exactly what that will mean.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has suggested Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican goods if the count

If they are imposed, the tariffs will hurt American consumers most of all. The North American supply chain is integrated; nearly $1trn-worth of goods crossed the northern and southern borders of the United States last year.

Donald Trump’s threat of 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada would cost the US economy as many as 400,000 jobs and increase prices for American consumers, according to the Mexican government.