The initiative backed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and publicly opposed by Speaker Mike Johnson has split House Republicans and brought floor proceedings to a halt this week.
Administration officials and their allies have offered sometimes conflicting messages about the end goal of the tariffs and whether countries can negotiate new rates.
The president has been announcing tariffs for months, but economists see his latest moves as opening salvos in potentially drawn-out tit-for-tats with dozens of countries and countless repercussions.
European allies and Canada are concerned by Trump’s readiness to draw closer to Russia's Vladimir Putin, who sees NATO as a threat as the U.S. tries to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine.
A new baseline 10% tariff on imported goods plus some eye-watering additional “reciprocal” tariffs on countries Trump said put high trade barriers on the U.S. clearly rattled traders.
Trump gave China’s ByteDance until Saturday to sell or divest its U.S. TikTok business. A source confirmed to NBC News that the e-commerce giant had made a last-minute pitch.
Relations between Greenland and Denmark have been strained in recent years, but Trump’s interest in controlling the island has prompted Copenhagen to hasten to improve ties.