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On his first day in office, he issued a presidential memorandum titled "America First Trade Policy."

On the seventh day, he announced on Truth Social five immediate, urgent and decisive measures against Columbia, including emergency tariffs of 25 percent that would escalate to 50 percent in one week, which were called off the next day.

On his 13th day, he announced 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico. Two days later, these tariffs were postponed for 30 days.

Also on the 13th day, he announced a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports and suspended the de minimis exemption.

China responded with 10 percent and 15 percent retaliatory tariffs on select U.S. natural resources and machinery and tightened trade measures by expanding export controls on critical minerals, adding two U.S. companies to its Unreliable Entity List and launching an antitrust investigation into Google.

The suspension of the de minimis exemption caused the U.S. Postal Service to temporarily stop accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong before allowing them again.

On his 19th day, President Trump amended his previous order to continue to allow the de minimis exception until the U.S. Department of Commerce can set up a system to process these shipments.