President Donald Trump set out early in his second term to fulfill a decades-long desire of reshaping US trade with the world, but the main outcomes so far have been discord and uncertainty. - 'Politically complicated' - "The shift in his rhetoric from 'there is no cost -- the foreigners pay the tariffs' to 'there is a short term cost,

In the past week, President Donald Trump has managed to make his erratic trade policies even more baffling to countries desperate to negotiate an escape from his wrath.

Trump cautioned that any attempt by the EU or Mexico to counter the tariffs with their own will result in even higher rates on their exports to the United States.

US President Donald Trump has said he will impose a 35% tariff on Canadian goods starting on 1 August, even as the two countries were days away from a self-imposed deadline to reach a new trade deal.