President Donald Trump is implementing tariffs on imported goods, citing that tariffs will enhance the United States economy and protect the country from illegal immigration and drug smuggling.

The Administration insists that its aggressive trade policies won’t hurt U.S. consumers, but data from Trump’s first term suggest otherwise.

The White House published three separate Executive Orders that imposed blanket tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese imports. The Executive Orders are all similar in scope, with each having a unique justification for imposing the associated tariffs.

In a recent speech at Washington DC, US President Donald Trump said that he plans to impose reciprocal tariff on India soon. The Republican leader said that US was getting ready to do it earlier, but plans were paused due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Hours before his bilateral meeting with PM Modi, Donald Trump had announced that the US would impose reciprocal tariffs on trading partners.