The whirlwind of tariff developments gathered speed on Thursday as President Donald Trump told business leaders in Qatar that India had offered to drop all levies on U.S. imports. “They’ve offered us a deal where basically they’re willing to literally charge us no tariffs,

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff decisions since he took office on January 20, from imposing sweeping duties to abruptly pausing some of them, have shocked financial markets and sent a wave of uncertainty through the global economy.

The Trump administration agreed after talks in Switzerland to pare back its 145 percent in tariffs charged on imports from China to 30 percent.