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The auto tariffs are expected to go into effect at midnight, just hours after the latest round of tariff announcements by the president Wednesday afternoon.
Reuters |
U.S. President Donald Trump has for weeks pegged April 2 as a "Liberation Day" to impose an array of new tariffs that could upend the global trade system, but has provided few details.
The New York Times |
Open trade then lets high-tech businesses sell their new products to billions of people worldwide instead of just hundreds of millions of Americans.

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