Trump’s plans were significantly scaled back after markets plunged, reflecting inflationary and growth threats from import taxes
US President Donald Trump holds a reciprocal tariffs poster during a tariff announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Trump plans to roll out tariffs on global trading partners, the centerpiece of his effort to bring back manufacturing to the US and reshape a world trade system he has long decried as unfair. Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg