President Donald Trump issued exemptions on tariffs for a range of goods coming into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada — just two days after putting the sweeping tariffs in place — leaving investors and businesses grappling with the whiplash of Trump's back-and-forth trade policy.

Just two days after President Trump upended North American trade by imposing 25 percent fees on all goods imported from Canada and Mexico, he announced a temporary reversal. The president signed executive orders today offering a monthlong exemption,