The pact would set duties of 15 percent on imports of items such as wine and automobiles, or about half the 30 percent the president had recently threatened.

Companies, consumers and foreign countries have been paying close attention to President Donald Trump’s aggressive policy of placing tariffs on foreign goods. Soon, the courts will weigh in on whether Trump has the power to levy those tariffs in the first place — a high-stakes legal battle that will either affirm a key pillar of Trump’s economic policy or cut it off at the knees.

Donald Trump has left for the US after a whirlwind four-day trip to Scotland.The president mixed business with pleasure in the "private visit", agreeing a major trade deal and meeting the UK and Scottish heads of government in between rounds of golf.

Donald Trump flies back to US after five-day visit to Scotland - The president ended his trip by opening a new golf course at his resort in Menie, Aberdeenshire.

President Trump called the incident "a strange one,” when asked about it by reporters on Tuesday, July 29 as he wrapped up his foreign visit to Scotland.