President-elect Donald Trump claims he can unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs on U.S. imports. The reality is more complicated, according to trade experts.

It’s unlikely that tariffs can raise a meaningful amount of revenues that somehow shrink the federal deficit — that would have to come from spending cuts. Are tariffs a solution or a risky gambit? The new trade tariffs likely under “Trump 2.

A U.S. trade attorney and a former congressman say a second Trump administration may not direct tariffs specifically at Canada, but there's concern this country could get swept up in the broader universal tariff Trump is proposing.