Less than a day after President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs against U.S. trading partners, Texas Republicans were divided on whether to endorse a trade war that business leaders say is likely to hurt the state's economy.

The sweeping tariff plan President Donald Trump unveiled Wednesday drew mixed reactions from Texas lawmakers on Capitol Hill, with the responses falling largely along party lines. Trump characterized the tariffs as a way to bring jobs and manufacturing back to the United States,

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would impose a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the United States and higher duties on some of the country's biggest trading partners, a move that could escalate a trade war and upend the global economy.

Britain said it believed a trade deal with the United States was close as it sought to soften the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs which threaten an escalating global trade war that would hurt its open economy.