Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into trade wars abroad — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty. Trump is no stranger to tariffs.

To hear Donald Trump and some of his advisers tell it, trade tariffs will accomplish many things: stimulate the U.S. economy, bring home manufacturing jobs, raise tax revenues and provide America leverage to renegotiate security deals with its allies.

But one thing that most of them agreed on was that, once the dust settles from Trump's trade negotiations, America will be left with higher tariffs. Trump's imposition of tariffs on imports last month has angered America's trade partners,