Business groups, economists and even some Republicans cautioned that new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China could undercut U.S. industry and the economy.

Canada is threatening countermeasures on goods including American whiskey as President Trump’s long-promised trade war looms.Chris Helgren/Reuters

What a weekend of headlines, from tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico to Elon Musk getting inside the Treasury Department’s payment system. We have all of the details below — a cheat sheet of the whirlwind of changes that will probably affect the global economy and society. We also have lots of questions about what’s happening.

If the tariffs are a negotiating tool, how long will negotiations take — and how is President Trump measuring success? Moreover, how long will the American public be willing to suffer the “pain” that Trump acknowledged his tariffs will inflict? The Venn diagram

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