By David Lawder, Andrea Shalal, Steve Holland and David Ljunggren WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump will issue a broad trade memo on Monday that stops short of imposing new tariffs on his first day in office but directs federal agencies to evaluate U.

President Trump delays imposing China-specific tariffs, focusing instead on global trade practices and compliance with previous agreements.

The president-elect is planning to issue a memorandum Monday to study trade policies and evaluate U.S. trade relationships with China and America’s continental neighbors.

President Donald Trump could take a slower, more deliberate process in establishing tariffs after promising for months that trade partners would be hit with significant tariffs

Trump mentioned no specific tariff plans in his inaugural address, but repeated his intention to create the External Revenue Service, a new agency to collect "massive amounts" of tariffs, duties and other revenues from foreign sources.

US stocks opened higher Tuesday in the first full day of Donald Trump’s second presidency as traders absorbed a blizzard of executive orders that so far point to less aggressive action on trade.

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Likely a taste of things to come, stock and currency markets were knocked back and forth on the first day of Donald Trump's new presidency as they second guessed his trade tariff plans and remained largely in the dark on the issue as U.

Canadian leaders expressed relief that sweeping tariffs were not applied to Canadian products on the first day of Donald Trump’s presidency and that he did not mention America’s major trading partner

President Donald Trump did not immediately impose tariffs on Monday as previously promised but directed federal agencies to "investigate and remedy" persistent U.S. trade deficits and unfair trade practices and currency manipulation by other countries.