President Donald Trump announced that China and US had agreed to pause escalating tariffs for 90 days. Massachusetts has its own imports and exports.

Small business owners said that the 90-day trade deal with China isn't long enough to place shipments confidently, and "just kind of terrifies me."

The steep drop in tariff rates on Chinese goods shipped to the United States might have consumers thinking there’s significant relief in sight — at least compared to before. But in practice it might not feel that way.

Trump's whirlwind four-day tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this week was more than just a diplomatic spectacle marked by lucrative investments. It sealed the emergence of a new Sunni-led Middle East order - one that eclipses Iran's shattered 'axis of resistance',