The White House intends to issue an executive order in the near future "clarifying misinformation" about tariffs on gold bars and other specialty products, a White House official told Reuters on Friday.

President Trump is expected to issue an executive order soon to clarify the administration’s policy on tariffs on gold bars, a White House official said. “The White House intends to issue an executive order in the near future clarifying misinformation about the tariffing of gold bars and other specialty products,

President Donald Trump's administration caused an uproar of panic from traders when it appeared to apply new tariffs to the importation of gold bars — and is now scrambling to clarify there will be an exemption,