Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of House Democrats, promises to “stop the stupid Trump tariffs jacking up prices on Americans.” Ron Wyden, incoming Senate Finance Committee chairman, says he’ll reassert congressional authority over trade policy. Even Senator Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican, lamented that “tariffs have made everything too expensive.”

Most American importers play by the rules and pay tariffs, but others find ways around full compliance

The US will collect duties of between 10% and 12.5% on imports from most major trading partners, its biggest move yet to reconstruct President Donald Trump’s tariff wall that was struck down by the Supreme Court.