#TariffsPause Even with China, he had to halt tariffs. Apple told him that iPhones would cost three times what they cost now if he went ahead. All technology for phones and computers was exempt.

That's not all. A few days ago, South Korea stopped exporting rare earths to the USA, on orders from China. Any successful project by Trump seeking rare earths (like stealing Greenland) will take years, if not decades, to become productive.

That is the effectiveness of the tariffs.