Meanwhile informed people know that pausing the implementation of tariffs was a structured part of Trump's plan all along. The pause is for those national leaders sane enough to comprehend that they need to renegotiate the balance of trade between our nations before their fragile economies are wrecked.
The only thing puzzling is why -- apparently -- absolutely no leftist inside the United States can grasp this obvious trading ploy for what it is. But then again I guess they are still clinging to the Marxist School of Economics theories.