Competing voices from the White House fuelled uncertainty before the president announced a sweeping pause, experts say. 

​Competing voices from the White House fuelled uncertainty before the president announced a sweeping pause, experts say.  

The U.N. Trade and Development agency urged U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday to exclude the poorest and smallest economies from reciprocal tariffs because it “would have minimal impact on United States trade policy objectives.”

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said there was no reason that the US and Chinese economies had to cleave apart, saying a deal could be done even as the two economic powerhouses trade tariff threats.