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... Why it matters: Markets are falling, consumer confidence is declining, and executives say the uncertainty about tariffs is freezing up their businesses.
What they're saying: Trump, in an interview with Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures," was asked if CEOs will get clarity on tariffs in coming weeks, especially with an April 2 reciprocal tariff deadline looming.
- - - "You'll have a lot, but we may go up with some tariffs, it depends, we may go up " I don't think we'll go down, but we may go up," he said.
- - - "They have plenty of clarity, they just use that, that's like almost a soundbite, they always say that, 'we want clarity.'"
Catch up quick: Over the last five weeks Trump said he'd impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico, then paused them for a month, then put them into effect, then exempted cars, then exempted almost all other imports (but only until early April), then threatened new tariffs against Canada on dairy and lumber. ...
