Trump has repeatedly called April 2 "Liberation Day." He is expected to enact reciprocal tariffs on major trading partners, especially those that contribute the most to the $1.2 trillion U.S. trade deficit.

Mr. Trump announced last week that vehicles and auto parts imported into the U.S. will be subject to a 25% tariff rate. The auto tariffs are expected to go into effect at midnight, just hours after the latest round of tariff announcements by the president Wednesday afternoon.

President Trump announced that the United States will hit back at any country that imposes trade barriers on American exports by subjecting them to sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs — an unprecedented move that threatens to upend the global economy,

Post contributors weigh in on the tariff announcement.

President Donald Trump promised tariffs that would raise U.S. import taxes high enough to mirror what others assess as trade penalties on American goods

The BBC's Henry Zeffman and Anthony Zurcher explain the fallout from Donald Trump's global trade tariffs. On Wednesday, the US president announced taxes on goods coming into his country including 10% on all UK imports.

President Donald Trump's tariff plan will mean higher prices for American consumers, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell said.

Donald Trump celebrated America’s so-called Liberation Day by announcing a slew of tariffs on dozens of countries. His plan, if fully implemented, will return the United States to the highest tariff duty as a share of the economy since the late 1800s,

President Donald Trump’s expansive new tariff regime reverses a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers, will likely raise prices for U.S. consumers, and threatens to sharply slow the econom