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Trump tariffs and trade war live: All the New ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs as they happen

Donald Trump announces reciprocal tariffs on trade with the rest of the world this Wednesday, April 2.

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Trump tariffs as they happend

Liberation Day live feed

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Two places you really would not have expected to be hit by the highest tariffs...

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Here are tariffs we know so far.

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Reciprocal tariff explained

Trump says his team have worked out an average equivalent tariff charged by each country on all goods, including currency manipulation, and the US will then charge half of that tariff to that country. So China is estimated to have an average tariff of 67% and the US will therefore charge a 34% tariff on the import of Chinese goods. 

It will be interesting to see if we ever get the analysis that went into calculating this average tariff. 

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Trump confirms that there will be a 25% tariff on all auto products brought into the US. 

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Trump announces reciprocal tariffs worldwide

Trump says his tariffs will "usher in a golden age" for America, despite most economists warning of the dangers of such tariffs. 

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