IMF urges US to work with partners to ease trade restrictions

The International Monetary Fund's findings covered the first year of Donald Trump's second presidency, in which he unleashed wide-ranging tariffs on allies and competitors alike as he sought to shrink the US trade deficit and boost domestic manufacturing. But his on-again, off-again tariffs have roiled supply chains and financial markets. During the year, the Trump administration also sought to lower reliance on unauthorized immigrant workers and reduce the federal government's role in the economy, the IMF noted.