President Trump is using the threat of stiff tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico to pressure the two nations to start renegotiating a continental trade deal.

Trump underscored his intention to use tariffs as a tool of international economic policy and an increasingly vital source of government revenue.

President Donald Trump said he thinks he'll hike tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1.

Economists broadly believe Trump's tariffs will hurt American consumers—and potentially tank the economy.

Financial markets largely shrugged after Donald Trump outlined plans to impose punitive tariffs on Mexico and Canada as soon as next month while signing scores of executive orders on his first day in office. The US president told reporters in the White House Oval Office he was thinking about introducing 25% US tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada as soon as 1 February. Wall Street was largely unmoved as it opened for trading for the first...