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Al Jazeera Staff

Stocks soar: Why Trump faces scrutiny over tariff pause timing

US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House [File: Nathan Howard/Reuters]

United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday paused steep tariffs on the US’s trading partners barring China, instead imposing a blanket 10 percent tariff on goods imported from these nations and territories.

The 90-day pause came within 24 hours of the duties taking effect.

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