Trump’s tariffs: five key takeaways from the measures

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US president Donald Trump gestures after signing executive orders on imposing tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington DC. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times Countries across the world are racing to absorb the new way of doing business with the US, after Donald Trump unveiled tailored tariffs that looks set to ignite a global trade war. Trump has made clear the goals he wants to accomplish through the tariffs: bring manufacturing back to the US; respond to unfair trade policies from other countries; increase tax revenue; and incentivise crackdowns on migration and drug trafficking. However,...