White House is 'close' on Japan, India tariff agreements -- but expect them to be light on specifics

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Trump announced "reciprocal tariffs" as high as 50 percent on more than 50 countries and the 27-member European Union on April 2 -- which the White House had promoted as "Liberation Day" -- in the most significant U.S. protectionist trade action since the 1930s.
43% : As warnings of economic calamity grew louder, Trump announced a 90-day pause on the higher tariffs on most countries on April 9, just a day after they went into effect, while ratcheting up the tariffs on Chinese goods to a total of 145 percent.
42% : But the Japanese government has been adamant in recent weeks that it won't rush into a trade deal with the U.S., even after Trump met personally with one of the country's top trade advisers last week.

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