Donald Trump says US tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China are necessary after decades of being "ripped off" by trade partners. Canadian PM Trudeau warned of "real consequences" for American consumers.

The president’s threats to slap duties on goods imported from the European Union are part of a pattern of directing the harshest penalties at the United States’ closest allies.

Donald Trump said tariffs on the European Union (EU) would be imposed “soon” as they “do not take American cars, farm products” and “take almost nothing” while the “US buys millions of cars, tremendous amounts of food and farm products.