Trump's tariff pause brings little relief as recession risk lingers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : He has covered the presidencies of Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden and the presidential campaigns of Biden, Trump, Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain.
56% : "I'm sure that we'll be able to get along very well," Trump said, adding that he respected Chinese President Xi Jinping.
54% : " The EU had been due to launch counter-tariffs on about 21 billion euros ($23 billion) of U.S. imports next Tuesday in response to Trump's 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium.
50% : Trump has claimed the U.S. was now collecting $2 billion a day from his tariffs.
39% : Battered financial markets were given a brief reprieve Wednesday when Trump decided to pause duties on dozens of countries for 90 days.
34% : Trump told reporters at the White House he thought the United States could make a deal with China, but he reiterated his argument that Beijing had "really taken advantage" of the U.S. for a long time.
33% : U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to assuage skeptics by telling a cabinet meeting on Thursday that more than 75 countries wanted to start trade negotiations, and Trump himself expressed hope of a deal with China.

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