The White House published three separate Executive Orders that imposed blanket tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese imports. The Executive Orders are all similar in scope, with each having a unique justification for imposing the associated tariffs.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked some parts of the military to propose what could be cut as part of a potential 8% spending reduction for them over each of the next five years, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, although it was unclear if the total defense budget would shrink.

The majority of the six countries participating in the talks focusing on trade turbulence raised concern about mounting trade tensions and called for restraint, said WTO spokesperson Ismaila Dieng. The United States,

Chinese authorities have condemned the Trump administration's "Tariff shocks" at the World Trade Organization after the US imposed 10% tariffs on all imports.