For months, owners of indie nail polish brands have been struggling to navigate a new period of uncertainty amid a stop-and-go trade war.

When U.S. President Donald Trump met five African leaders in Washington this month, his lack of familiarity with the continent was on display. He praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai’s English — Liberia’s official language — and gestured at another leader to wrap up remarks.

President Trump has introduced a plan for 30% tariffs against the EU in part because of those deficits. However, McKelvey explained the resulting trade wars might hurt Texas businesses.

Indonesia also has agreed to purchase billions in U.S. energy, agriculture products and airplanes, Trump said July 15 in a social media post.

Investors over the past few weeks have countenanced a barrage of tariff threats as the Trump administration has ratcheted up the pressure on U.S. trade partners ahead of its Aug. 1 deal deadline.

EU trade ministers have agreed that U.S. President Donald Trump’s 30% tariffs announced on the European Union are “absolutely unacceptable,” and they are studying a new set of countermeasures to respond to the move.

The bloc’s trade commissioner says the two sides were close to a deal before the president last week threatened to impose a 30 percent levy.

The European Union 's ( EU) trade chief Maros Sefcovic warned trading between the 27-member bloc and the U.S. would become "almost impossible" if President Donald Trump 's 30 percent tariff takes effect on August 1.

WSJ’s Gavin Bade explains President Trump’s shifting trade and tariff tactics and their potential pitfalls.

Instead of viewing tariffs as part of a broader trade policy, President Trump sees them as a valuable weapon he can wield on the world stage.