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Lauren Aratani and Callum Jones in New York

Trump tariffs: what are reciprocal tariffs and how will they affect US consumers?

a truck drives to a border crossing
Mexico exports many fresh fruits and vegetables to the US and is also its largest auto parts exporter. Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump has once again threatened to impose a wave of tariffs on US imports, stepping up his bid to overhaul the global economic order.

On Thursday, the US president said he plans to introduce “reciprocal” tariffs, ensuring the US imposes the same taxes on its imports from the rest of the world that American goods face in other countries.

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