President Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on his threat to impose stiff tariffs on the United States’ top trading partners Feb. 1, despite allies’ assertions Tuesday that the tariff agenda is likely to take shape over a longer, 100-day period.

In Donald Trump’s first 36 hours back in the White House, he threatened to slap tariffs on the US’s top four trading partners starting as soon as next week.

The Trump administration is discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports. Trump said the EU also has troubling trade surpluses with the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the U.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that Washington will impose tariffs on the European Union and that his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese