to wait and see how the court cases challenging his ability to set sweeping tariffs plays out.

Regarding your upcoming trip, there was some mention in the article I linked to above about what type of goods you can bring back from a trip without fees but the description was rather vague. It said "transactions ordinarily incident to travel". To me that sounds like guide books, travel supplies and the like. If it also includes souvenirs maybe you could pick up some models from French brands like Ottomobile :-)