President Donald Trump signed stiff new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on Saturday, fulfilling a campaign promise to impose significant new taxes on imports from the three largest US trade partners.

Critics warn his posture could embolden China to expand ties to Latin American countries, and Russia to continue advances in Ukraine.

The trade penalties that Trump signed Saturday caused a mix of panic, anger and uncertainty, and threatened to rupture a decades-old partnership on trade in North America while further straining relations with China.

One day after signing executive orders to impose 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, and 10% on Chinese items, President Donald Trump said there may be "some pain," yet the "results will be spectacular.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that although Britain was "out of line" when it came to trade he thought it may be able to avoid tariffs, adding of the imbalance: "I think that one can be worked out".

In a second post, Trump included a video of himself on the campaign trail, where he promised the tariffs he is now imposing. Though tariffs have been used as useful tools by polit

President Trump moved to impose stiff tariffs on Mexico and Canada, whose leaders swiftly responded with their own levies, and accused Trump of starting a trade war that would debilitate all three economies.

After promising during his election campaign to put import taxes back at the center of US economic policy during his second term as president, President Donald Trump took a dramatic step in that direction on Feb.

President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China went into effect Saturday evening, slapping a 25% wholesale tariff on both Mexico and Canada at once.