Trump defends tariffs in speech to Congress, Canada .Trudeau says Trump's 'dumb' trade war is designed to collapse the Canadian economy.

In 2018, Trump imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, resulting in price increases for Americans. The World Trade Organization (WTO), a regulator of international trade, ruled some of Trump's first term tariffs that the implementation violated global trade rules.

China's average tariffs on US exports are at 32.6 percent and cover 100 percent of all goods. US tariffs have more than doubled since the second Trump administration began on January 20, 2025, rising by 30.4 percentage points.

US businesses shipping goods from overseas will pay for those tariffs, and they will pass some of the higher costs down to consumers. Shoppers can expect to see prices rise on seafood, coffee, fruit, cheese, nuts, candy bars and other imported foods,