President Donald Trump and his advisers said this was the plan all along: Scare the bejesus out of the world by announcing astronomically high tariffs, get countries to come to the negotiating table,

Not in the portfolio of Japanese stocks he runs out of San Francisco, California, but in his appendix. It would have to come out, just as his colleagues at Matthews Asia were on a phone

Asian markets are down despite Trump's tariff pause, ending a brief relief rally. Investors remain wary due to ongoing US-China trade tensions and high tariff rates. US futures are also falling, reflecting persistent market uncertainty and economic concerns.