President Donald Trump has nominated Paul Dabbar as the next deputy secretary of commerce. Dabbar confirmed the nomination in a LinkedIn post and said he is looking forward to returning to government service.

A day into Donald Trump's North American trade war, the U.S. president remained adamant that tariffs would benefit America even as a key member of his team has floated that a compromise could materialize Wednesday.

The first two months of the Trump Administration have seen back-and-forths within the Executive Branch on the timing and magnitude of the United States’s tariffs on its neighbors Mexico and Canada. The administration appears set to roll back some of the tariffs placed on Tuesday.