Trump imposes tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, risking trade war

25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on goods from China starting on Tuesday

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A drone view shows trucks waiting in line near the Zaragoza-Ysleta border crossing bridge to cross into the U.S., in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. © Reuters

(Reuters) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on goods from China starting on Tuesday, risking a new trade war that economists say could slow global growth and reignite inflation.

Trump signed three separate executive orders on the tariffs after a long golf outing in Florida, vowing to keep the duties in place until what he described the national emergency over the drug fentanyl and illegal immigration to the U.S. ends.

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