(CNN) — President Donald Trump has been talking about tariffs for so long that it feels like we know exactly what’s coming. But we kind of have no idea.
Trump has repeatedly thrown out some now-familiar numbers: 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico and Canada, anywhere from 10% to 60% across-the-board tariffs on China and 10% or 20% tariffs on everything else that comes into the United States. He has said tariffs on products from Mexico, Canada and China are coming as soon as this week. And in a trade war that lasted about 10 hours, Trump announced — and then rescinded — tariffs on Colombia.
Still, the specifics around timing and scope have remained something of a mystery. It hasn’t helped that Trump has already walked back some of his most aggressive trade proposals and that his administration has been inconsistent on the messaging.
But Trump laid out his clearest …