Tariffs will be paused for 30 days. But a 10 percent levy on Chinese goods is still scheduled to go into effect.

Trump has also threatened to introduce tariffs - a tax on imports - on goods from Canada and Mexico, but paused these for 30 days after both countries agreed to boost border security. The US president has said tariffs are needed to help the American economy and to "protect" the country from the "major threat of illegal aliens and deadly drugs".