President Trump said on Friday that he planned to move forward with tariffs on foreign cars on April 2, but did not specify how much the tariffs would be or which nations could be targeted. Asked about when he might impose car tariffs during remarks in the Oval Office,

U.S. President Donald Trump has tasked his economics team with devising plans for reciprocal tariffs on every country that taxes U.S. imports, raising the risk of a global trade war with American friends and foes.

His campaign billed it as “an eye for an eye, a tariff for a tariff, same exact amount”. The approach taken has been broader. Officials said they would impose the levies on a “country by country” basis,