Trump is headed for a clash with Senate Republicans over his decision to pause tariffs on beef imports while ratcheting up tariffs on key Canadian goods, reports Alexander Bolton at The Hill.

Trump’s plan to exempt 300,000 tons of product for ground beef from out-of-quota tariffs to address Americans’ concerns about high food prices while simultaneously threatening Canada with 50% import taxes (tariffs on imports) that could impact auto and housing prices has sparked a furious response from GOP senators across the party’s political spectrum.

“I think it’s a mistake. It’s what happens when he has advisers trying to micromanage things. They’re skating where the puck is versus where it needs to be. If you think that providing subsidized beef for some period of time is going to make farmers happy and prices go down on systemic basis, you’re wrong. It doesn’t happen,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said at the Capitol Monday.