Donald Trump's trade war against the US's largest trading partners escalated as huge US tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China kicked in, sparking angry retaliation from all three.
The US President is due to address the Congress at 3pm on Wednesday (NZT). We will be livestreaming it at the top of this page.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slammed the tariffs as "a very dumb thing to do," and said Trump was seeking to collapse Canada's economy to make it easier for the United States to annex his country.
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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press after signing two executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 30 in Washington, DC. Photo: Kent Nishimura/The Washington Post/Getty Images via CNN Newsource
