[rsynnott]

> and only because there were retaliatory tariffs

Those were completely inevitable, though; the game theory behind all this stuff essentially requires them.

> plus some symbolic concession

A really utterly meaningless one, though. I'm fairly convinced that pissed-off markets were the major factor.

> I thought he only backed off the Canadian tariffs, and only because there were retaliatory tariffs plus some symbolic concession? The China ones and the de minimis change are still in place.

Also Mexico. I'd suspect most of the Chinese ones aren't long for this world, either.