Businesses knew that Trump’s import taxes -- tariffs -- on America’s biggest trading partners were scheduled to take effect Tuesday. But many of them assumed they’d get a reprieve. After all, the unpredictable president had delayed the tariffs on Canada and Mexico for 30 days right before they were originally supposed to kick in on Feb.

The nation’s top three trading partners are rolling out levies on a wide range of products, including soybeans, meat and grains, in the escalating trade war.

President Donald Trump's tariff actions, which could upend nearly $2.2 trillion in two-way annual U.S. trade, went live on Tuesday.