President Trump has made lots of headlines this year, both for his policies in the US and his foreign policy. But the biggest learning English from the news story of the year was back in February when President Trump announced tariffs on imports to the US from around the world. Tariffs make imports more expensive, a cost which is often passed on to consumers who then have to pay more for imported products. Trump first talked about imposing tariffs on other countries in his election campaign and Beth and I looked at a headline about that in this clip. This is from CNN. As Trump's tariff pledge comes due, he vows to follow through on key campaign promise. And that headline again from CNN. As Trump's tariff pledge comes due, he vows to follow through on key campaign promise.
This headline is talking about Trump's election campaign promise to impose tariffs. He said he's going to do it and now he is doing it.
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