The U.S. will create an “External Revenue Service,” Trump said in his remarks, a play on the name of the Treasury’s tax collection agency. Trump asserted that the U.S. will rebalance trade by collecting taxes from foreign countries,

The creation of a new agency requires an act of Congress, and Republicans hold the majority of both the House and the Senate.

The parallel with the Internal Revenue Service is seen as a signal of the president-elect’s determination to enact sweeping import duties.

I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families, says Donald Trump

President-elect Donald Trump has announced his plan to create a federal body charged with taxing and collecting taxes from U.S. trade partners.

This announcement follows Trump’s threat last month to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (the BRICS nations) if they create a new BRICS currency or back any other currency to replace the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency.