President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff threats have been touch and go. As it stands currently, the 25 percent tax on goods from Mexico and Canada is on ice for a month, but a 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods is set to take effect on Tuesday, via an executive order of questionable legality.

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President Donald Trump says Americans could feel “some pain” from the emerging trade war triggered by his tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China

A growing number of countries, including American allies, are striking trade deals as the Trump administration erects a higher fence around its global commerce.

The president has an ambitious economic plan, starting with trade, and doesn’t appear interested in negotiations—yet.

The trade penalties that Trump signed caused a mix of panic, anger, and uncertainty, and threatened to rupture a decades-old partnership on trade in North America while further straining relations with China.