It appears that way because you're seeing a lot of the negotiation process in real time. Trump is, after all, the most transparent President ever.
See above. That was all a part of the negotiation process. Start really high, then come down from there.
Exactly. It isn't much of a cost to eat, so they just take a slightly lower profit margin instead of passing that cost onto consumers.
Is the sky falling, Chicken Little?
... except for all the ones that already are. I remember hearing that some Canadian companies are moving down here, for example.
No, that's exactly what the companies who are paying the tariffs are doing. Consumers really aren't paying any more than they did before.