Trump hits Canada, China and Mexico with more tariffs

President Donald Trump’s has claimed that there is “no room left’ for Canada and Mexico to avoid the imposition of 25% across-the-board tariffs at midnight tonight and he has reportedly signed a separate Executive Order raising the tariff rate on Chinese imports by an additional 10%. Markets have predictably reacted badly, since this raises the risk that Trump will also follow through on his threats to impose reciprocal country-specific tariffs soon, including a proposed 25% on imports from the EU, and product-specific tariffs, on not just steel and aluminum, but semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, other industrial metals and agriculture.