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  • Donald Trump will “probably” announce a compromise with Canada and Mexico as early as Wednesday, which could scale back his new 25% tariffs on top U.S trading partners, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.
  • The comments came after the U.S. stock market limped to a close for a second day of sharp declines.
  • The Trump administration enacted sweeping tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports after putting them on pause for a month.
  • dan1101@lemm.ee
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    23 hours ago

    Yeah nobody can plan anything like this. Anytime there are retaliatory tariffs they should be for a set number of months until any renegotiation. He’s trying to flim flam governments like he flim flams his voters.