The Trump administration’s latest trade offensive is underway as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) begins enforcing “Liberation Day" tariffs, pulling in more than $200 million a day.

Mr. Trump insists that these actions are his way of standing up for farmers and ranchers. Other nations such as Japan, China and India have charged higher tariffs than the U.S. for importing American farm goods.

President Donald Trump has routinely declared tariffs as one of the most beautiful words in the dictionary and has regularly accused foreign countries of ripping off the U.S.

Trump also slammed China, which retaliated against his sweeping tariff policy Friday with a new 34% tariff on U.S. goods.

In a YouGov poll conducted shortly after Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement, 51% of respondents said they either strongly (40%) or somewhat (11%) disapproved of the new tariffs. In contrast, about one-third of respondents, 34%, said they either strongly (15%) or somewhat (19%) approve of the new policy.

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he’s seeking direct trade agreements with foreign governments to spare his state from

They could not have imagined a president would use emergency authority to bypass Congress and impose tariffs on the entire world.”

Companies that embraced supply-chain diversification by moving some operations to economies geographically close to China now face an array of bad options.

A group of volcanic islands located near Antarctica and whose only inhabitants are colonies of penguins and seals is listed among foreign states subject to U.S. trade tariffs.