US equities tentatively recover as EU and Canada threaten to hit back at Trump's tariffs

Tariffs 'not in our mutual interest'

Sorin Dojan
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US indices closed slightly higher on Wednesday (12 March) after several days of decline, after the European Commission promised to retaliate against President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on imports of steel and aluminium.

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