Tariffs look set to be at the heart of Trump’s economic policy and the billionaire made it clear he wants his economic team to hit the ground running in January.

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's state media warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump his pledge to slap additional tariffs on Chinese goods over fentanyl flows could drag the world's top two economies into a mutually destructive tariff war.

The president-elect’s threat to hit Canada, Mexico and China with new tariffs is already rocking business and diplomatic relationships and could topple the trade pacts he signed in his first term.

Europe’s worst-case scenario for the future of transatlantic economic relations rose to the surface this week when President-elect Donald Trump gave a clear signal that he’ll use American trade might as a means to exert foreign policy leverage.

No One Will Win a Trade War,' China Says After Trump Tariff Threat WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Neither the United States nor China would win a trade war, the Chinese Embassy in Washington said on Monday, after U.

Reaction to Trump's day one promise to slap tariffs on three of the America's key trading partners: Mexico, Canada and China. The president-elect framed the proposal as a response to the fentanyl crisis.

President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Mexico could respond to Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs with levies of its own, warning the economic consequences would be dire.

Canadian officials slammed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's tariff plan this week, calling it "insulting." Trump has vowed to impose tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China immediately after taking office in January.