Global markets are tumbing as US president Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping range of large tariffs on US imports exports to the US in the Rose Garden in the White House on Wednesday, April 2, which started to come into effect on Saturday April 5, with initial 10% tariffs, and will see their full impact on April 9. The tariffs were reported by FinanceAsia here.
On Monday April 7, markets in Asia Pacific Apac tumbled after a sharp sell off in the US and Japan at the end of last week, and markets in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan reopened after a public holiday. At the...