The White House is portraying Friday's launch of President Donald Trump's new tariffs regime as a testament to his negotiating skills, despite concerns that the taxes will stunt the economy and increase inflation in ways that disproportionately harm working-class Americans.

Trump hit Brazil with 50 percent tariffs. The U.S. imposed 50 percent tariffs on Brazil yesterday, the highest levy President Trump has applied to another country in his current t

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a blitz of tariff announcements ranging from changes to previously threatened levies on imports of copper and on goods from Brazil to ending an exemption from tariffs for small-value shipments from overseas.