President-elect Donald Trump has chosen relatively conventional experts to lead his second administration’s economic policy, even as he pursues tariffs that could upend the international trade order and fills much of his Cabinet with ideologues and loyalists.

The president-elect is talking about going much bigger — on a potential scale that creates more uncertainty about whether he'll do and what the consequences could be.

The president-elect’s market-friendly appointments to Treasury and other agencies brought relief to investors. The trade threat suggests that might be premature.