Trump says Americans could feel ‘some pain’ from tariffs triggering trade war

Donald Trump said Americans could feel some pain (Evan Vucci/AP)

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Americans could feel “some pain” from the emerging trade war triggered by his tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China, and claimed Canada would “cease to exist” without its trade surplus with the US.

The trade penalties that Mr Trump signed on Saturday at his Florida resort caused a mix of panic, anger and uncertainty, and threatened to rupture a decades-old partnership on trade in North America while further straining relations with China.