Trump imposes sweeping new tariffs on dozens of countries in latest bid to reshape global trade

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that sets new tariffs on a wide swath of US trading partners to go into effect on August 7.

The move is the next step in his trade agenda that will test the global economy and sturdiness of American alliances built up over decades.

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