China, Russia and other countries have developed retaliatory options that could deeply hurt America’s economy and standard of living.

The Trump administration’s senior trade counselor also dismissed concerns that the president forced only minor concessions from Canada and Mexic

China, which Trump announced will get hit with a 10 percent tariff starting Tuesday, will reportedly have a call with the White House soon. Early Tuesday, Beijing announced a 15 percent levy on certain types of coal and natural gas, and a 10 percent tariff on various vehicle parts, machinery, and crude oil.

Are we seeing the opening moves in a wider trade war, and what are the potential economic consequences?

Punishing 25% levies on imports from America’s closest neighbors were due to come into force at 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday, but Trump put his two-front trade war on hold, claiming he’d scored two big wins and major concessions.

Canada and Mexico have surrendered to Donald Trump, but these victories for the US president in his phoney trade war are not what they seem.

One of the world’s most durable and amicable alliances is broken. Canadians are absorbing U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and his threats to make Canada the 51st state.

These aren’t tariffs, they’re taxes, in this case, trade taxes. And these trade taxes aren’t going to be paid by China or Canada. They will be paid by American companies—like Walmart, which imports apparel,

The president’s trade assault, which makes no distinction between ally and adversary, is an assertion of U.S. dominance with significant risks.

Donald Trump made good on his promise to impose trade barriers on key US trading partners. Citing the influx of narcotics and “illegal aliens,” the president announced a 25 percent tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada (with a 10 percent carve-out for Canadian energy imports),