Watch: Was Trump's 90-day tariffs pause really a grand plan?

News of the US president's plan to halt higher-band taxes came as a surprise on Wednesday, but was it part of a plan?

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The White House has said the change of course was all part of the president's plan to leverage for negotiations, but it initially took many by surprise.

The BBC's Bernd Debusmann Jr unpacks the twists and turns of Trump's tariffs upset.

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