The deal with Mexico amounted to Trump backing off his previous vow that there would be no extensions to trade talks beyond the midnight deadline.

President Donald Trump said he extended Mexico’s current tariff rates for 90 days to allow more time for trade negotiations with the US’ southern neighbor.

U.S. President Donald Trump's trade tariffs are meant to boost domestic manufacturing. But in the chocolate industry, they're doing the opposite: ramping up the cost of importing already-pricey cocoa and hurting the competitiveness of local factories versus Canadian and Mexican outfits that supply the U.