Peter Bowes
North America correspondent

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Protestors were out in force around the United States.

It was the largest single day of demonstrations against Donald Trump since he returned to the White House, with opposition groups gathering in Washington and many other major cities.

Their goal was to highlight what they see as Trump's authoritarian style of government - such as decisions to sack federal workers and break up the Department of Education.

His foreign policy has also come in for criticism.

Some protestors carried Ukrainian flags while others had "Free Palestine" signs.

And then there's the sweeping tariffs on goods imported into the US, the most recent bombshell to affect not only Americans but the entire world.

"They're just, in my opinion and the opinion of a lot of people, going about it the wrong way. And it's going to cost - it's going to cost the farmers in the red states. It's going to cost people their jobs... people have lost tens of thousands of dollars," one protester said.

Another said "I believe Donald Trump is trying to tear our country down. He’s ruining infrastructure, government departments, destroying our economy. We have to stand up and take our country back".

With baseline 10% tariffs now in effect on all imports into the US, Trump started the weekend by warning Americans, in a social media message, that "it won't be easy", though he said his economic strategy would deliver "historic" results and would bring back jobs and businesses "like never before".

"Hang tough", he wrote after a week which saw trillions of dollars wiped off the value of US stocks on Wall Street.

We are continuing our live coverage in our new page. You can also stay updated on the latest news below:

• Trump urges US to 'hang tough' as 10% tariffs come into effect
• Anti-Trump protests in cities across US declare 'hands off'
• 'Sometimes you have to walk through fire': Tariffs get backing in Trump heartland

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It's been another dramatic day as some of President Trump's newly-unveiled tariffs begin and the effects of stock market falls in recent days are felt.

Luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) confirmed today that it'll pause shipments to the US after the White House introduced a 25% tariff on all car imports.

Yesterday, Wall Street's three main indexes dropped by more than 5%.

Here's a quick recap of the latest updates:

Tariffs 'baseline' tariffs kick in

Trump's "baseline" 10% tariffs, for the UK and other countries, came into effect today.

Other nations and trading partners, such as the EU, will face a higher level from the 9 April.

Concerns expressed globally

Many governments and businesses around the world have been speaking out today against Trump's move.

The UK and France said today a trade war is "in nobody's interests" but agreed "nothing should be off the table" with their response to tariffs.

China yesterday became the first nation to issue retaliatory tariffs on all US imports, introducing a 34% levy for US goods from next Thursday.

What are Trump's latest comments?

"Hang tough, it won't be easy but the end result will be historic," the president posted on his Truth Social platform this morning.

Since then, Trump has been playing golf as the tariff fallout continues and has now returned to his Mar-a-Lago estate.

The White House earlier called a "lid", which means we aren't going to see the president or hear from him in public today.

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Protests internationally

Crowds have gathered in cities around the US and the world, including London and Washington DC, for anti-Trump demonstrations.

From Berlin to London, protesters have hit out against the US president and billionaire Trump adviser, Elon Musk, calling for an "end to the chaos" and expressing support for Ukraine.

This is the first widespread, public anti-Trump protest that we've seen across the US since the president's second term started.

Maryland Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin spoke at a protest in Washington DC and railed against Trump for supporting policies that he said will only benefit billionaires.

“If they think they're going to overthrow the heroes of American democracy, they don't know who they're dealing with," he said, before adding:

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While the 10% "baseline" tariffs have kicked in today, a number of other countries will be subject to extra, custom tariffs from 9 April.

White House officials describe these as specific reciprocal tariffs on what it calls the "worst offenders". This includes countries charge higher tariffs on US goods, impose "non-tariff" barriers to US trade or have otherwise acted in ways, the White House feels, undermine American economic goals.

Here's a list of the total tariffs some countries are facing:

Tariffs are taxes charged on goods imported from other countries.

The companies that bring the foreign goods into the country pay the tax to the government.

Typically, tariffs are a percentage of a product's value. A 20% tariff on Chinese goods means a product worth $10 (£7.76) has an additional $2 charge.

Firms may choose to pass on some or all of the cost of tariffs to customers.

The US has typically charged lower tariffs on goods than other countries.

The new US tariffs could lead to a sharp increase in the prices people pay for goods in the US and around the globe.

Trump has said he favours tariffs to encourage businesses to locate manufacturing and other operations within the United States and to ensure fair global trade.

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As we've been reporting, anti-Trump protests have been taking place across the US on Saturday.

In New York City, crowds of people have been pictured lining Fifth Avenue.

One of the people at today's protest, Rachael Nevin told the BBC "people here in the United States are really not cool with what's going on in DC right now".

"I think it's just the start of more and more people gathering together to be part of this big 'No' and 'Yes' to us," she said, before adding, "Yes to us; we the people".

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We've just seen a statement from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about the Republicans' budget plan that was passed in the Senate overnight.

"Congress is taking smart action to strengthen America’s economy and repeal wasteful government spending," Bessent says of the outline, which includes tax cuts sought by Donald Trump.

He continues by saying: “by advancing this budget resolution, the Senate sends a strong signal to every small business and every working family".

Bessent adds that "President Trump’s economic agenda will provide long-term tax certainty".

The budget plans must now head to the House. It was adopted in the early hours of Saturday morning 51-48 nearly along party lines, with two Republicans joining the Democrats to vote against it.

The so-called vote-a-rama (a series of several votes all in a row) held overnight also included decisions on measures such as government cuts made by Elon Musk's DOGE and on Medicaid. Senators rejected a Democratic proposal to rescind the recent tariffs if they cause food prices to go up.

"I look forward to working with House leadership to finish this crucial first step and unlock legislation that strengthens our economic and fiscal foundations," Bessent said.

Jenna Moon
Live editor, in Washington DC

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"No kings".

That's the overriding sentiment of the day at Washington DC's "hands off" protest, one of several happening across the country. I've seen several protest signs carrying the slogan, an apparent reference to a February tweet from Trump declaring "long live the king".

From my vantage point on a bench on the National Mall - the strip of green space and boulevards running from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol building - I can see hundreds of people still pouring out of a nearby metro station.

One attendee named Theresa tells me she's protesting today because she wants people to "pay attention to the fact that we're losing our democratic rights".

"I'm very concerned about the cuts they're making to the federal government. I have a disabled son and I want to make sure he has his social security and he has his education rights", she adds.

I ask her if she feels the White House is listening to concerns raised by protesters that have spread out across the country today.

"Well, let's see. [Trump has] been golfing just about every day", she says.

But she's hopeful that the tides will change soon. "Eventually, they'll have to listen."

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Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro has been speaking to the media today and downplaying the stock market falls in recent days.

“The market will find a bottom. It will be soon and from there we’re going to have a bullish boom," he told CNN.

Navarro went on to predict that "the Dow is going to hit 50,000 during Trump’s term" and the S&P 500 is going to have a very broad-based recovery".

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 38,314 on Friday afternoon, down from an all-time high of more than 45,000 in December 2024.

"Wages are going to go up, profits are going to go up, and life is going to be beautiful here in America,” he added.

US markets closed yesterday with their worst two-day stretch since 2020, when the pandemic hit. The fall came after Trump's sweeping tariffs on imports from other countries.

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Trump once said tariff was the most "beautiful word in the dictionary" and for decades he has argued that the US should use them to boost its economy.

He says tariffs will encourage US consumers to buy more American-made goods, increase the amount of tax raised and lead to huge levels of investment in the country.

Trump wants to reduce the gap between the value of goods the US buys from other countries and the value of those it sells to them. He argues that America has been taken advantage of by "cheaters" and "pillaged" by foreigners.

Trump has also made other demands alongside tariffs. The first announced during his current presidential term targeted key US trading partners China, Mexico and Canada. He said he wanted them to do more to stop migrants and drugs reaching the US.

• Read more: What are tariffs and why is Trump using them?

Robin Levinson King
Reporting from Boston

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As demonstrators gather in cities around the world, thousands have amassed in downtown Boston, Massachusetts to protest Donald Trump's actions over tariffs and other policies enacted during the start of the president's second term.

Light rain drizzled on the marchers in Boston as the sounds of Revolutionary War-era fife and drum music played - a reminder of the city's pivotal roll in the American Revolution 250 years ago.

One protestor, who declined to give her name out of fear she could be targeted by the administration, tells the BBC that the country is in a "scary" place right now.

"I've lived 82 years in this country and it's a beautiful place," she says. "He's what's wrong with it," she says, referring to Trump.

One of the issues on people's minds here today is the detention by immigration authorities of nearby Tuft's University Turkish international student Rumeysa Ozturk.

Protesting law student Katie Smith says that now more than ever, academic institutions must protect students and faculty.

Smith says she came to the protest today because "you can stand up today or you can be taken later".

"I'm not usually a protest girlie," she says.

But when she learned that her grandmother planned to go to a Hands Off rally in another state, Smith says she decided she would go too.

"It was really a shock to me that a woman who was 85 who protested in the 60s and 70s had to return to the streets. So I had to show up."

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Jagdip Cheema
Business reporter

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Copper prices have tumbled since President Donald Trump announced his wide-ranging set of tariffs, despite being one of four products which is exempt from the new charges.

During Friday’s trading session, prices fell by just over 5% to $9,000 (£7,000) per ton in London trading.

Copper is often seen as a bellwether metal, which indicates the strength of the global economy. Traders had been stockpiling the metal in recent weeks, in expectation it wouldn’t escape Trump’s latest tariffs.

The US is heavily reliant on copper imports to meet its large domestic demand. The biggest importer currently is Chile, which provides 41% of overall imports, followed by Canada at 27%.

Last year, the US imported some 850,000 tonnes of copper, which was needed for 50% of its domestic consumption.

Mike Wendling
Reporting from Delta, Ohio

The small town of Delta in Ohio is Trump country - the Republican ticket easily won here in November's presidential election by a margin of almost two-to-one.

And while the markets are in turmoil following Trump's unveiling of expansive global tariffs this week, plenty of people in Delta and hundreds of Midwestern towns like it still back the president's plans.

"I don't want people in other countries to suffer, I really don't," said Mary Miller, manager of the Delta Candy Emporium, which sits in the middle of the village's Main Street. "But we need to have an even playing field."

Miller is unfazed by the possibility of price increases, which many economists predict these new tariffs will bring.

"Sometimes you have to walk through fire to get to the other side," she said. "If tariffs bring companies and business back to hard-working American people, like the ones who live here, then it's worth it."

• Read more: Tariffs get backing in Trump heartland

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We can bring you the latest comments from Elon Musk, one of Trump's closest advisers, who says he hopes for a "zero-tariff situation" between the US and Europe.

"I hope it is agreed that both Europe and the United States should move ideally, in my view, to a zero-tariff situation, effectively creating a free-trade zone between Europe and North America," he says in a live discussion with Italy's hard-line deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini.

"And more freedom for people to move between Europe and North America, if they wish," he continued, adding, "that has certainly been my advice to the president".

It appears to be Musk's first remarks about the tariff rollout.

In his remarks, he also criticises Europe for its "stifling" regulations, which he says make it a bad place to start a new business.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from Florida, travelling with Trump

In the past 30 minutes, the White House has called a "lid". In the parlance of the White House press corps, this means that we aren't going to see the president or hear from him in public today.

The lid was called just moments after Trump returned to his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Those of us travelling with him didn't see him in person today, although we've always been nearby. I just spent the last 20 minutes observing a group of iguanas basking in the sun near the estate.

We may, however, hear from Trump via his Truth Social account, and various White House-affiliated accounts and officials are likely to post updates here and there. We'll be keeping an eye on this for the rest of the day.

Jenna Moon
Live editor, in Washington DC

Thousands in Washington DC have turned out to protest against the president - and his advisor Elon Musk.

The city's metro lines were packed earlier with people heading to the protest site at the Washington Monument, carrying signs railing against the Trump administration and cuts by Doge.

Placards reading "no to fascism", "no kings" and "I stand with federal workers" are peppered through the crowd. Another sign reads "the rat in the hat" with an illustration of Elon Musk as a rat, wearing a Tesla hat.

So far, the mood is jubilant, with cheers rising intermittently from the crowd. Disco music is playing over a speaker and protesters, who range from children to seniors, are smiling and laughing.

Police are dotted around the area, but the atmosphere is relaxed.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from Florida

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Greetings from sunny Florida, where President Donald Trump just wrapped up playing golf at one of his courses in the town of Jupiter.

So far, there are no signs of protests here. At a nearby shopping complex where we waited, I spotted several people in red MAGA hats. Most locals just seemed curious about the massive police presence and the reporters in the travel "pool".

So far, we've not heard from the president or the White House about the protests.

The only update I've had from the White House today was to let us know that Trump won the second round of his matchup in a senior championship at the golf course.

He will play in the championship round tomorrow.

He does, however, seem to be paying close attention to news about the tariffs.

This morning, an AP photographer - excluded from the press pool - captured an image of him driving into the golf course with an issue of the New York Post in his hand, open to an article about China.

I'll be keeping an eye on him and his movements today, so stick with us.

China has taken and will continue to take resolute measures to safeguard its sovereignty, security and development interests, the Chinese government says in a statement.

This comes after Beijing announced its intention to impose retaliatory levies of 34% on US imports, in response to Trump's announcement of 34% tariffs on all Chinese goods.

The foreign ministry says the White House should "stop using tariffs as a weapon to suppress China's economy and trade, and stop undermining the legitimate development rights of the Chinese people".

Peter Bowes
North America correspondent

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With baseline 10% tariffs now in effect on all imports into the US, President Donald Trump took to social media to acknowledge that "it won't be easy".

"Hang tough" he wrote, after his tariffs caused some of the largest losses on Wall Street for several years.

But, the US president insisted his economic strategy would deliver "historic" results, bringing back jobs and businesses "like never before".

As countries and businesses around the world continue to assess the president's 'no pain, no gain' strategy to boost the US economy, Ralph Goodale, the High Commissioner for Canada in the UK, said a backlash at home could prompt Trump to change course.

"The United States has to feel the pain, because ultimately it will be Americans who will persuade their governments they have to stop this foolishness,” he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

While Trump has shown no signs of backing down, he has indicated that he's open to negotiations with America's trading partners.

Protests against the president’s sweeping's policy changes on a range of issues - from the sacking of government workers to cuts in education - are taking place around the US today.

They're also likely to reflect growing fears that the newly-imposed tariffs are about to exacerbate an already painful cost of living crisis.

As anti-Trump protests kick off around the world, hundreds are gathering in London’s Trafalgar Square to demonstrate against the tariffs announced by the White House.

Alyssa, an American living in the UK, says the tariffs are causing "everyone to [lose] money", and accuses Trump and Elon Musk of "dismantling American democracy and trying to do the same thing in Europe".

Alec Le Beut, who's studying in the UK but comes from Los Angeles, says it's more than just the tariffs, adding that the "administration's actions towards its friends and allies has been scary", and he worries for the future as a result.

Student Tyler Hofer, from St Louis, Missouri, accuses Trump's White House of "turning on its allies", saying: "Everywhere I go, people feel that America is against them."

Damian Grammaticas
Political correspondent

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British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, and French President, Emmanuel Macron, have spoken to discuss the tariffs imposed by the White House.

A Downing Street readout of the call between the leaders says they "agreed that a trade war was in nobody's interests but nothing should be off the table".

The statement adds that they "shared their concerns about the global economic and security impact, particularly in South East Asia".

They also discussed the talks the UK and France are chairing to bring together a "coalition of the willing" - the group of nations who are considering how to support Ukraine if any peace deal is signed.

• As a reminder: Starmer is expected to spend this weekend speaking to foreign leaders about Trump's tariffs, with Downing Street confirming he already spoke with his Australian and Italian counterparts on Friday