The tariffs he imposed on China in his first term were continued by President Joe Biden, a Democrat who even expanded tariffs and restrictions on the world's second largest economy. Biden administration officials looked at removing Trump's tariffs in order to bring down inflationary pressures, only to find they were unlikely to help significantly.

With a Monday evening promise on Truth Social that his incoming administration will slap 25 percent tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico — as well as increasing already existing tariffs on China — Trump sent reporters (and investors,

Donald Trump’s threat of 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada would cost the US economy as many as 400,000 jobs and increase prices for American consumers, according to the Mexican government.