President Donald Trump is using a trio of executive orders to throw the world economy and his own goal of cutting inflation into turmoil.

Mr Trump’s announcement of the new duties ought to erase any doubts about his resolve to take a hard line on trade, heedless of warnings from businesses, diplomats and economists about the potential fallout.

Donald Trump has imposed new tariffs on goods entering the US from Canada, Mexico and China. The US president signed an executive order putting a 25% tariff - or tax on imports - on all goods coming from Canada and Mexico,