By Katie Hettinga
This week, days before the highest “liberation day” tariffs were slated to kick back in, President Trump again punted his own self-imposed July 9 deadline for countries to make “trade” agreements with the United States that would allow them to avoid the higher rates. The new deadline is August 1 — but with Trump’s repeated tariff suspensions, not to mention very few details made public about negotiations and pending agreements, it will likely remain unclear for months what countries will face what tariff rates.