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Donald Trump ramped up the U.S. trade war with Canada and threatened blanket tariffs on other countries.

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President Donald Trump’s tariff fight moved forward yesterday as he escalated the U.S. trade war with Canada and said in an exclusive interview that he plans to impose blanket tariffs on most trade partners.

In a letter he shared to Truth Social, Trump said he would apply a 35% tariff to all imports from Canada and accused the country of retaliating “instead of working with” the U.S. to come to a deal. Until this escalation, Canadian imports that did not fall under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, which Trump negotiated in his first term, faced a tariff of 25%. Energy imports from Canada faced tariffs of 10%.

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And in an exclusive interview yesterday with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker, Trump said he plans to impose 15% to 20% tariffs on most trade partners. He dismissed concerns that further tariffs could negatively affect the stock market or drive inflation. “I think the tariffs have been very well-received,” Trump added.