US President Donald Trump pushed back against suggestions that Friday's pausing of "reciprocal" tariffs was letting countries "off the hook" for their levies on US imports. Writing on social media Trump said: "There was no tariff exception announced on Friday."

Despite the optimism, President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social post on Sunday that tech-related tariff exemptions will be short-lived.

The exemptions come days after the U.S. trade representative said “the president has been clear” that he does not intend to give exemptions to the tariffs.

The Trump administration says it will exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from reciprocal tariffs, a move that could help keep the prices down for popular consumer electronics that aren’t usually made in the U.

While Democrats have widely criticized President Trump’s whipsawing trade strategy as chaotic, they’ve displayed little consensus on where the party stands on tariffs overall.

It gets harder every day to track the chaos emanating from Donald Trump’s America. The stock market has gyrated wildly, and we are now locked in an unprecedented trade war with China, facing 125 percent tariffs from Beijing that are sparking a whole lot of panic-buying of iPhones.

Trump announced a 90-day pause on a host of global tariffs he had planned, but increased levies on Chinese imports to 145%. "We urge the US to take a big step to correct its mistakes, completely cancel the wrong practice of 'reciprocal tariffs' and return to the right path of mutual respect,

China on Sunday called on the United States to "completely cancel" its reciprocal tariffs after Washington announced exemptions for consumer electronics and key chipmaking equipment.