Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
President Trump's new tariffs on dozens of countries took effect overnight.
This is on top of the 10 percent tariffs he imposed on nearly all nations last weekend.
Trump's boosted his tariffs on China to more than 100 percent.
China has just announced that it is boosting its own retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.
The Chinese levies will go from about 34 percent to 84 percent.
Trump has been firm on his tariff actions, but NPR's Daniel Kurtz-Lehman says Trump's messaging has been mixed.
There were several days there where you'd have one administration official saying these tariffs are not negotiable,
that they're going to stick around a while, and then you'd have another official saying Trump was open to negotiation.
Yesterday, the White House seemed to have settled on the idea that yes, these tariffs are negotiable.
They've said that about 70 countries have reached out for some sort of talks.
NPR's Daniel Kurtz-Lehman reporting.
Separately, officials with the European Union are meeting to vote today on European tariffs against the U.S.
The first tranche could take effect next week.
Markets are falling.
In pre-market trading, Dow futures are down nearly 700 points.
The president has signed executive orders designed to revitalize U.S. coal production, and NPR's Mar-Aliason reports.
Standing in front of a group of coal miners wearing work uniforms and hard hats,
President Trump signed orders that would remove regulations for new coal mines and expedite leases for coal mining on federal land.
He said the orders would crush Biden-era environmental restrictions.