What are tariffs and how do they function?
Taxes imposed on commodities imported from other nations are referred to as tariffs.
They are often a proportion of a product's price.
A 10% tariff would add $1 to the price of a $10 item, bringing the total to $11 (£8. 35).
The tax must be paid to the government by businesses that import commodities from other countries into the United States.
They could shift all or part of the additional expense to consumers. It's possible that businesses will choose to import less products.
What are Trump's motives for imposing tariffs?
According to Trump, tariffs will entice American consumers to purchase more American-made products, raise taxes revenue, and spur significant investment.
He aims to close the gap between the value of products that the United States imports from other nations and the value of those that it exports to them. He claims that America has been exploited by fraudsters and looted by outsiders.
In addition to tariffs, the US president has requested other things.
He stated that the initial tariffs of his current term against China, Mexico, and Canada were intended to encourage those countries to do more to prevent the arrival of migrants and illegal drugs into the US.
Trump lacked the power to implement some of the tariffs he has declared, because he used national emergency powers to do so, a US trade court determined at the end of May.
However, an appeals court upheld the taxes imposed under those authority the day after, while the matter is still ongoing.