“The American steel, aluminum industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices. It’s really an assault on our country. It’s been an assault.” And with that, President Trump made official the tariffs on steel and aluminum opposed by many on his own team. Canada and Mexico will be exempted for now.

+ On the same day that Trump signed his tariff order, the 11 remaining signatories signed the America-free Trans-Pacific Partnership. “The new version … suspends some two dozen provisions that the U.S. had fought for but that the other countries had been reluctant to include.”