Trump Vows Tariffs on Oil, Metals and Chips in Coming Months

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : All those measures highlight how Trump is moving in his second term to enact a key plank of his trade agenda -- remaking the US economy by imposing tariffs on a wide range of imports and on US allies and adversaries alike.
51% : Oil rose in late trading after Trump's comments.
48% : The president spoke hours after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump would follow through on his pledge to hit Canada and Mexico with 25% tariffs and a separate 10% levy on goods from China on Saturday.
45% : "Tariffs don't cause inflation," Trump insisted.
44% : Trump has previously pledged sectoral tariffs -- on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum and copper -- as a bid to reshape supply chains and force manufacturers to shift production to the US, but had not specified when they would take effect.
31% : Trump also said he was not concerned about warning from economists that tariffs would fuel price growth, a concern for voters which helped propel him back to the White House.
9% : Those tariffs are in response to what Trump says is a failure by those nations to help prevent the flow of undocumented migrants and illegal drugs, like fentanyl, across US borders.

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