Just a year ago, Chinese manufacturers, fearing a new trade war, rushed to push out exports following the election victory of President Donald Trump, who had pledged to slap punishing tariffs on imports from China over America’s widening trade deficit with the country.

The phased introduction of fresh tariffs on some goods follows a probe into human rights abuses in the Central American nation.

President Donald Trump has long praised tariffs as key to increasing wealth in the United States, idealizing Gilded Age policies that preceded the implementation of a modern federal income tax

Democratic states are challenging Donald Trump's H-1B visa fee hike in the US Supreme Court. An expert notes this is part of a pattern, with resolutions also introduced against tariffs on Indian imports,