By Ebehi Iyoha | On 2^nd April 2025, a day termed "Liberation Day" by the President Donald Trump administration, the United States announced a slew of unilateral tariff increases on nearly all of its trade partners. In the weeks that followed, some of the new tariffs were paused for 90 days, several products were granted exemptions, and US-China trade relations have significantly worsened through a series of escalating tariffs.