> 10% for everyone tariffs were not paused, nor can they be negotiated away

But "everyone" doesn't mean everyone because everything on this list is exempt from the global 10% tariff and recriprocal tariffs (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Annex-...). Categories have been added to the list after influential people called the President. So even the 10% for "everyone" tariff can be negotiated away if you give the President something he values.

Which suggests it isn't just a way to get foreign countries to negotiate, but also a way to get domestic companies to negotiate with him, possibly in a way to increase his personal power.