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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia

Trump claims U.S. industry ‘reborn’ as he imposes sweeping tariffs on his highly touted ‘Liberation Day’

Donald Trump has announced an across-the-board tax on all imported goods purchased by Americans and additional taxes on imports from countries which officials deem to be placing unfair barriers on the importation or sale of American goods.

The president unveiled the measures on what he called “Liberation Day,” in an effort to forcibly undo decades of globalization and reindustrialize a U.S. economy that has become increasingly dominated by services and knowledge-based work in recent years.

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