President Donald Trump issued exemptions on tariffs for a range of goods coming into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada — just two days after putting the sweeping tariffs in place — leaving investors and businesses grappling with the whiplash of Trump's back-and-forth trade policy.

Canada’s initial retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. will remain in place despite President Donald Trump postponing 25% tariffs on many imports from Canada for a month, two senior Canadian government officials said.