The official first-quarter GDP report from the government that’s scheduled for Apr. 30 is expected to post a sharp slowdown in growth, based on the median estimate from several sources compiled by CapitalSpectator.com.

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Trump pauses tariffs for 90 days for most countries and hikes import fees for China. What hasn’t change is that uncertainty for the global economy continues. No one’s quite sure what will happen after the 90-day pause. One source of confusion is how the administration will negotiate dozens of bilateral trade deals. “That is a huge task to negotiate simultaneously with that many trading partners over that many issues,” said Greta Peisch, who was general counsel for the U.S. trade representative’s office during the Biden administration.

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