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Trump said in a social media post Sept. 1 that India offered to reduce its tariffs on U.S. goods to zero, without saying when the concession was made.

Tariff tensions are making the North American farm market the most uncertain in the world even as conditions in Europe and Asia start to improve.

Trillions of dollars of global trade are embroiled in the legal fight. A final ruling tossing Trump’s tariffs would upend his much-ballyhooed trade deals.

Canada has put 25% tariffs on Chinese steel and last month tightened its tariff-rate quotas to further restrict imports from countries with which it doesn’t have a free-trade deal.

The board is currently weighing a merger between Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific that would create a massive single railroad company controlling shipments across the continental U.S.

Trade envoy Ryosei Akazawa was scheduled to leave Tokyo for Washington on Aug. 28 but Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters some details required further consultations.

The tariff hikes, expected for imports including cars, textiles and plastics, aim to shelter domestic manufacturers from Chinese competition, according to people briefed on the matter.

Q3 data from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Survey on Business Conditions said 42% of businesses didn’t pass along tariff-related cost increases to their customers in the past six months. 

If the EU proposes the legislation by the end of the month, then the 15% tariff rate on European cars will be back-dated to Aug. 1.

Trump has long been a critic of the project, which has been marred with cost overruns and constant delays, arguing that the effort has wasted taxpayers’ dollars.