President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on most nations Wednesday, which his administration says will free the United States from relying on other countries for trade. The president has framed these tariffs as “reciprocal” to match trade barriers that other countries impose on products from the U.

President Trump announced that the United States will hit back at any country that imposes trade barriers on American exports by subjecting them to sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs — an unprecedented move that threatens to upend the global economy,