President Donald Trump complained to his aides about the lack of progress being made on trade deals as he was debating whether to push back his tariff deadlines yet again, according to a report. The president announced on Monday he was imposing a new wave of 25- to 40-percent tariffs on products from more than a dozen countries—including key trading partners such as Japan and South Korea—unless those countries reach new trade deals with the U.

President Trump reignited his one-man global trade war this week, slapping new tariffs starting August 1 on imports from more than a dozen countries, including major trading partners Japan and South Korea.