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Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.
I'm David Harper.
So today is the day.
We've heard the details of many of the tariffs threatened or imposed by Donald Trump over the last few months.
Some have already taken hold,
but Thursday is the day that a vast swathe of import taxes come into force.
Posting on Truth Social, President Trump wrote, billions of dollars,
largely from countries that have taken advantage of the United States for many years,
laughing all the way.
will start flowing into the USA.
Well, in the next half hour, we'll find out how beneficial it actually will be to the US,
as well as hearing from businesses around the world that have been affected.
First of all, though, let's get up to date on what has actually happened.