Trump to impose sweeping tariffs, escalating global trade tensions | The World | ABC NEWS

US President Donald Trump is preparing to unveil sweeping new tariffs that have businesses, consumers and investors fretting about an intensifying global trade war. The White House is calling it "Liberation Day" but several countries are promising "robust" responses. Australia, meanwhile, is considering taking the US to the World Trade Organisation as it did with China in 2023. Manny Tsigas reports. #ABCTheWorld #ABCAsiaPacific

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