On the 14th, CBS quoted several people familiar with the matter as saying that although the White House has been trying to claim that Trump administration officials agree on the US tariff policy, internal differences on the policy were already evident as early as a few weeks before Trump signed the so-called “equal tariff” executive order on April 2: senior Trump advisers warned in private conversations that some tariff plans could have a devastating impact on global financial markets and plunge the US economy into a spiral decline.

On the 14th, CBS quoted several people familiar with the matter as saying that although the White House has been trying to claim that Trump administration officials agree on the US tariff policy, internal differences on the policy were already evident as early as a few weeks before Trump signed the so-called “equal tariff” executive order on April 2: senior Trump advisers warned in private conversations that some tariff plans could have a devastating impact on global financial markets and plunge the US economy into a spiral decline.