Nick Miles

Now, what could be, in the words of one major US news website, the most aggressive overhaul of the global economic system in decades? The US President Donald Trump has been signalling for a while that he wants Wednesday, April 2nd, to be what he calls Liberation Day. It is then that President Trump is expected to announce sweeping tariffs affecting trillions of dollars of US imports.

This is how the White House Press Secretary, Caroline Leavitt, previewed things.

This is how the White House Press Secretary, Caroline Leavitt, previewed things.

Now, exactly what form the tariffs will take at the moment, we don't know. President Trump will reveal more on Wednesday afternoon, Washington time. Tim Frank spoke to Ernie Tedeschi, director of economics at the Budget Lab at Yale University and a former chief economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers under the Biden administration.

Now, exactly what form the tariffs will take at the moment, we don't know. President Trump will reveal more on Wednesday afternoon, Washington time. Tim Frank spoke to Ernie Tedeschi, director of economics at the Budget Lab at Yale University and a former chief economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers under the Biden administration.

So, a lot of uncertainty regarding the forthcoming tariffs?

So, a lot of uncertainty regarding the forthcoming tariffs?

Ernie Tedeschi, Director of Economics at the Budget Lab at Yale University. The Trump administration has admitted making a mistake after deporting an immigrant with protected status. It has described the deportation as an administrative error. Quilmar Armando Obrego Garcia was among more than 200 suspected gang members who were deported to El Salvador in March.

Ernie Tedeschi, Director of Economics at the Budget Lab at Yale University. The Trump administration has admitted making a mistake after deporting an immigrant with protected status. It has described the deportation as an administrative error. Quilmar Armando Obrego Garcia was among more than 200 suspected gang members who were deported to El Salvador in March.

Our Central America correspondent Will Grant has more.

Our Central America correspondent Will Grant has more.

Still to come.

Still to come.

how the war in Ukraine has boosted defence technology in Finland.

how the war in Ukraine has boosted defence technology in Finland.

Russia has conscripted another 160,000 men for military service, the highest figure since 2011 for its annual call-up. The move forms part of Vladimir Putin's plan to expand the country's armed forces to a total of almost 2.4 million, as our Europe regional editor Paul Moss reports.

Russia has conscripted another 160,000 men for military service, the highest figure since 2011 for its annual call-up. The move forms part of Vladimir Putin's plan to expand the country's armed forces to a total of almost 2.4 million, as our Europe regional editor Paul Moss reports.

Finland has said it will pull out of an international agreement on landmines, meaning it could begin stockpiling the weapons and deploying them along its border with Russia. More than 160 countries are signed up to the Ottawa Treaty, which bans landmines. But Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said his country was looking to bolster its defence.

Finland has said it will pull out of an international agreement on landmines, meaning it could begin stockpiling the weapons and deploying them along its border with Russia. More than 160 countries are signed up to the Ottawa Treaty, which bans landmines. But Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said his country was looking to bolster its defence.

Last month, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania also said they would withdraw from the landmine convention because of the increased Russian threat. Meanwhile, Finland has experienced a boom in defence technology companies since the start of the war in Ukraine.