Trump Keeps World Waiting on Tariffs, Tries to Hash Out Plan (1)

President Donald Trump’s tariff plans are the great unknown in the global economy right now — and it’s partly because his team is still trying to figure out what to do.

Tariffs were so central to Trump’s victorious election campaign that trade experts, and even some of his allies, were surprised when they went missing in action during his first days back in the White House.

The president threatened new duties on Mexico, Canada and China – but he didn’t actually impose any, even as he was taking steps to speed energy production, curb immigration and reshape ...