With just two weeks left until his self-imposed deadline for determining new furniture-specific tariffs , President Donald Trump has not said a word on the subject since his promised launch of an “investigation” in August.

What’s more, key figures in the furniture business, speaking on deep background, tell Business of Home they’ve not heard a word about what may happen, much less been contacted for any sort of investigation. Another curveball: Given the pending Supreme Court decision on the validity of most of Trump’s tariffs—oral arguments are scheduled for early November—it seems unlikely that any policies regarding furniture specifically would be enacted until that is decided.

Then again, given the president’s often mercurial approach to decision-making, we could get an answer on a

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