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White House keeps world guessing as clock ticks down to Trump's new tariffs
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White House keeps world guessing as clock ticks down to Trump's new tariffs

  • By CHRIS MEGERIAN, JOSH BOAK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press
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The White House is sending mixed messages on tariffs as it pursues conflicting goals, frustrating foreign leaders and business executives who are desperate for clarity on a generational overhaul of international trade. Administration officials have alternated between talking about seeking negotiations or pushing forward with tariffs no matter what. President Donald Trump tried to have it both ways this week, saying "there can be permanent tariffs, and there can also be negotiations." That has left world leaders and businesses holding their breath as the stock market craters and the clock ticks down to the new tariffs taking effect Wednesday.

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