United Arab Emirates exports of aluminium to the U.S. jumped in the first 11 days of March, data from the U.S. Department of Commerce showed, as buyers stocked up on shipments from their second-biggest supplier before the U.

A top administration official said that, without new declines in overdose deaths, tariffs on Canada and Mexico were appropriate. But the kind of real-time data he demanded doesn’t exist.

The U.S. stock market is drifting lower Thursday, even after getting a double-shot of encouraging news on the economy. President Donald Trump keeps upping the stakes in his trade war, with his most recent threat to tax European wines and spirits.