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Trump to Hit Auto Imports With 25% Tariff in Trade Fight

The president said the tariffs would go into effect on April 2 and that the US would start to collect them a day later. 

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President Donald Trump signed an order to implement a 25% tariff on auto imports, expanding a trade war designed to bring more manufacturing jobs to the US and setting the stage for an even broader push on levies next week.

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