Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear tore into President Donald Trump’s tariff policies for hurting the very voters who elected him. In a Sunday appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, Beshear, a Democrat, bashed Trump for creating “chaos” with his seemingly arbitrary trade policies,

President Donald Trump on Monday set a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on a dozen other countries.

By Ben Aris in Berlin Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at the end of last week his country needs to “wean itself from US dependence” in such key areas as security, food and energy. France’s National Assembly also issued a big report that called Europe a US “vassal” and proposed,

The Kentucky governor said the tariffs will hurt residents of his state, which Trump won overwhelmingly in 2024.

While South Korean imports to the U.S. face 25% tariffs, the same as Trump promised in April, the rate on Japan has been raised by 1 percentage point to 25%.

P resident Donald Trump is set to impose a 25 percent tariff on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, starting August 1st. This move could potentially lead to price increases on a range of products if the costs are passed on to consumers.

Japan and South Korea, the United States’ closest security allies in Asia and key partners in its effort to counter China, were sent scrambling Tuesday after the U.S. president renewed his threat to impose steep tariffs on their goods,

President Donald Trump is threatening to impose higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States over what he claims is the country’s unwillingness to buy American-grown rice.

America’s biggest trading partners have tried tactics ranging from appeasement to retaliation to avoid higher tariffs. All find themselves faced with similar threats from Washington.