Trump's tariffs on car imports leave American allies guessing

Drivers off-load imported cars from the MV Grand Venus at the port of Mombasa. [File, Standard]

US President Donald Trump once said tariffs are his favourite word. And he meant it, given the number of countries reeling from new or higher tariffs.

America's two neighbours - Mexico and Canada have not been spared either. We have few neighbours compared with other countries. Kenya has five neighbours, Tanzania has eight. African leaders in "neighbourliness" are Zambia, Sudan and Mozambique with nine.