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The dollar is up modestly against its major rivals after Donald Trump verbally threatened to increase tariffs for the third weekend in a row. In a press briefing conducted on Air Force One ahead of yesterday’s Super Bowl, the president told reporters that he would unveil new reciprocal tariffs—levies designed to match foreign protectionist measures—in the coming days, and will impose 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum products from all US trading partners today. Reciprocal tariffs—which are designed to match protectionist measures in other countries—are generally well supported on both sides of the aisle, and are not terribly impactful...

The dollar is climbing, yields are rising and equity markets are setting up for sharp losses at the open after US President Donald Trump fired the opening salvo in what could quickly devolve into a global trade war. The administration said Saturday it will levy 25 percent import taxes on goods from Canada and Mexico—with Canadian “energy resources” subjected to a lower 10 percent levy—along with an extra 10 percent tariff on imports from China. If implemented immediately and sustained, this would represent the biggest increase in duties since the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930—often blamed for deepening the Great...