President Donald Trump can’t stop contradicting himself on his own tariff plans. It is confusing for the nation's trading partners and creating anxiety at home.

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In the process he has raised the average effective tariff on goods entering America from 2.5% last year to about 20%, the highest since the Great Depression. The policy process has been chaotic, to put it politely,