Protests set to greet vice-president on visit after governor said redistricting ‘looks like it’s going to happen across many Republican states’

The US Customs and Border Protection agency began collecting the higher tariffs of 10% to 50% at 12.01am EDT after weeks of suspense over Trump’s final tariff rates and frantic negotiations with major trading partners that sought to lower them.

The leaders of Brazil and India vowed not to be cowed by Trump’s hardline bargaining position, even while their negotiators sought a reprieve from the highest tariff levels.