President Donald Trump‘s 90-day pause on his higher, so-called reciprocal tariffs was reportedly set into motion via a meeting that did not include a key adviser who has pushed for the tariffs.
On April 2, Trump announced higher tariff rates on dozens of countries, causing markets to tank and economic uncertainty. A week later, on April 9, Trump suddenly announced that the higher tariff rates would be paused for 90 days for every country except China as trade negotiations progressed.
The pause came despite days of the president and his advisers insisting there would not be any pause on the tariffs, with White House trade adviser Peter Navarro the chief defender of the tariff regime.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick met with
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