Trump tariffs live updates: No plans for Trump-Xi talks, Ackman floats China pause

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : China has reportedly compiled a list of US goods exempt from its 125% tariffs, aiming to ease trade tensions without making public concessions.
45% : "At some point, I'm going to lower them, because otherwise, you could never do business with them, and they want to do business very much," Trump said on NBC's Meet the Press.
42% : On Monday, billionaire investor Bill Ackman suggested that Trump should pause duties on Chinese imports for 180 days to give the countries time to negotiate.
33% : Trump has defended the 145% tariffs on Chinese imports, claiming China "deserves it" and would likely absorb the costs.
29% : And in the latest wrinkle in his multi-pronged trade war, Trump late Sunday threatened a 100% tariff on foreign-made movies.
18% : President Trump has signaled that US trade deals with unspecified countries are in the pipeline this week as he attempts to ease worries about the risk of full-on global trade war.

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