Fiji's Ministry of Finance states the imposition of a 32 percent across the board tariff on Fijian exports into USA is quite disproportionate and unfair.

The Fijian Prime Minister says his government "did not see it coming", but the country "will have to weather the storm and roll with the punches".

Fiji - and American lovers of high-end bottled water Fiji Water - stand as the big losers of US President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff play in the Pacific. In the blue continent, some of the world's poorest economies are reeling after discovering they too will be subject to tariffs from the White House.

President Donald Trump is calling today "Liberation Day" as he prepares to announce a raft of new tariffs. This follows election results in three key races yesterday in Florida and Wisconsin. Doug Lazader,

Trump announced the steepest American tariffs in more than a century, with a 10% tariff on all exporters to the US and even higher duties on some 60 nations. China now faces a tariff well above 50% on many goods.

Trump has vowed to impose “reciprocal tariffs” on all nations that he claims disadvantage American products through trade, tax, or regulatory policy.

Bloomberg reporters answer questions about Trump’s reciprocal tariffs and how governments and markets are reacting.

Elon Musk and DOGE have taken a blowtorch to federal agencies. But the tariffs are a helpful reminder that it's Donald Trump who's fiddling while it all burns.

Donald Trump will on Wednesday announce sweeping tariffs on America’s trading parties in what he billed “Liberation Day” for the US economy.