On the campaign trail, Mr Trump promised a 10 per cent to 20 per cent charge on all imported goods and 60 per cent on Chinese products. He also vowed a 25 per cent tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10 per cent duty on Chinese goods.

President Donald Trump indicated that he wanted to have more talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping before deciding when to move forward with tariffs

President Donald Trump said from the White House that he's looking at a 10% tariff on imports from China. He pushed Xi Jinping crack down on fentanyl.

Trump threatens China with 10% tariffs on all goods despite ‘very good’ Xi call - China responds by saying there are ‘no winners in a trade war or a tariff war’

President Donald Trump said Monday that he expects to put 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting on Feb. 1, while declining to flesh out his plans for taxing Chinese imports.

Trump should reflect on the ramifications of his comments about Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal.

President Trump announced discussions on a 10% tariff on China starting February 1, citing fentanyl shipments to Mexico and Canada as a reason.

President Donald Trump could take a slower, more deliberate process in establishing tariffs after promising for months that trade partners would be hit with significant tariffs on his first day in office.

The incoming US leader is interested in making the trip during his first 100 days, and has discussed it China’s Xi via their representatives.

Eyck Freymann is a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University and Nonresident Research Fellow with the China Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War College. Hugo Bromley is an Applied History Research Fellow at the Center for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge.

The threat of sweeping tariffs, a central plank of his campaign promises, had raised concerns of a resurgence in inflation

On his first day in office, Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders, 26 in total, covering a vast variety of subjects.