President Donald Trump’s tariffs — and his 90-day reprieve — are disrupting global trade patterns as countries hurried to ship products to the United States to avoid levies, according to a report.
A variety of businesses around the world rushed to ship goods in the first few months of the year before Trump unveiled his “Liberation Day” tariff policy on April 2. As a result, in the first quarter of 2025, U.S. imports surged more than 40 percent, new data shows.
