The president said he planned to impose tariffs on countries that tax U.S. products. He also paused an action against China, allowing its low-cost products to again enter the U.S. tariff free.

President Donald Trump on Friday reinstated a tariff loophole for small-value packages from China that was eliminated as part of the sweeping tariffs Chinese imports that went into effect after midnight on Tuesday,

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has paused imposing tariffs on small-value packages arriving from China, apparently to give federal agencies time to sort out how to process millions of such shipments that have come through the U.S. border every day without paying taxes.