This week, the president began sending letters to U.S. trade partners outline what their proposed tariff rates will be.

President Donald Trump’s plan to hit Brazil with a 50% import tax on Aug. 1 threatens to increase prices for coffee and orange juice, two of the South American country’s key products.

President Trump’s ever-swerving tariff regime has taken more sharp turns this week.On July 7, his administration pushed back some of its most punishing duties by three more weeks to August, following a 90-day delay.

The revealing thing here, the poker "tell" if you like, is the extension of the deadline from Wednesday until 1 August, with a possibility of further extensions - or delays - to come. From the US perspective,