Trump's tariffs

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ____________________________________________________________________________ Download a free worksheet! ____________________________________________________________________________ The story US President Donald Trump has started imposing tariffs on imports into the USA. Tariffs make imports more expensive – a cost which is often passed onto consumers who have to pay more for imported products. Donald Trump has imposed 10% tariffs on all Chinese imports to the US. He had also threatened to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, but these have been suspended for 30 days. News headlines China announces tit-for-tat tariffs as US levies come into effect MSN As Trump's tariff pledge comes due, he vows to follow through on key campaign promise CNN Trump’s tariffs are already bearing fruit The Telegraph Key words and phrases tit-for-tat describes an action done in retaliation follow through (on) fulfil a promise bearing fruit getting a positive result Next Learn more English vocabulary from the news with our News Review archive. Listen to My Song, My Home here.  Learn more phrasal verbs, like 'follow through', here.