President Donald Trump signed executive actions on Wednesday implementing a crippling 50% tariff on Brazil as well as a 50% tariff on certain copper products, the White House said, in the latest escalation of his administration’s aggressive trade war.

The US will impose 25% tariffs on goods imported from India "plus an unspecified penalty" for buying Russian oil and weapons, President Trump has said.

President Donald Trump said India would face a 25% tariff on Aug. 1 and promised other penalties over the country's Russian energy and military buys.