The U.S. and global markets have already started to feel the impact of Trump’s tariffs, with the U.S. stock market taking the worst hit thus far. The Wall Street slump and global dip in stocks have sparked fresh fears in economists and concerns as to whether the U.S. is heading into a recession.

It comes as the president recently announced a 25% tariff on imported vehicles and some auto parts among other tariffs.

The BBC's Henry Zeffman and Anthony Zurcher explain the fallout from Donald Trump's global trade tariffs. On Wednesday, the US president announced taxes on goods coming into his country including 10% on all UK imports.

Countries will struggle to figure out how Trump’s officials calculated each specific rate, which he said was based on a mix of tariffs, subsidies and currency manipulation. A few, such as Brazil and the UK,

Tariffs are taxes charged on goods imported from other countries. Companies bringing the goods into the country pay the amount, typically a percentage of the goods' value, to the government. Trump has announced a 10% "baseline" tariff on all imports to the US – this is what the UK will face.

President Donald Trump's punishing tariffs rocked global financial markets on Thursday, with the dollar and U.S. stocks tumbling as investors rushed to safe havens on fears a broadening trade war would push an already fragile world economy into recession.

Nations prepare offers to Washington including weapons deals, dropping their own tariffs and moves against China

US President Donald Trump announced a sweeping new set of tariffs on Wednesday, arguing that they would allow the United States to economically flourish. These new import taxes, which Trump imposed via executive order,