Stocks plunge as Donald Trump slaps tariffs on US trading partners

US dollar drops

Linus Uhlig
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Indices across some of the world’s major economies have slumped after US President Donald Trump imposed a swathe of tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, eliciting an immediate reaction from Beijing.

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