The president said his advisers would devise new tariff levels reflecting countriesβ tariffs, taxes, subsidies and other policies affecting trade with the United States.
Manufacturers from Asia, Europe and elsewhere have poured billions into North American supply chains that could be hit by new taxes on Mexico, Canada and China.
Cargo could stop flowing at East and Gulf Coast ports, which handle most imports, if a union and an employersβ group canβt agree on the use of machines that can operate without humans.
The companies have found plenty of new channels to the U.S. market β demonstrating the potential limits of the tariffs Donald Trump has promised to impose.