Trump Tariff Plans Expected to Deliver High Drama, Bumpy Rollout

There will be tariffs. Extra-large ones on imports from China and medium-size ones for the rest of the world. At least that’s what Donald Trump pledged on the campaign trail. But if there’s anything we learned during his first presidency, it’s that this is a man who relishes chaos, pitting members of his cabinet against each other or making sudden policy U-turns that catch even his closest advisers unawares. And that’s one reason to be less pessimistic about the fresh wave of protectionism he’s promised to unleash on the world.

To Trump, who’s dubbed himself “Tariff Man,” import ...