Yupp. That the bigger cause, right. It just went outta my mind. 

Doubt it. I think they got scared when 10yr treasury yields started to spike up. Clearly nation states (probably China) were dumping their treasury holdings. They can't afford a big spike in yields. Which is probably why they are still going hard at China in retaliation. 

grayruby

So... where did the "90 days" thing come from?
My guess?

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/bill-ackman-calls-90-day-time-out-tariffs-risk-self-induced-economic-nuclear-winter

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Trump announces 90-day pause on ‘reciprocal’ tariffs with exception of China

Coinsreporter

I suspected it. The world media will pose Trump as a scared man now. I think the decision came on account of EU and other friend nations also went in retaliation mode. 