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Investors facing tariff turmoil: 'It's fastest finger first'

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Trillions were wiped off the value of financial markets around the world in the aftermath of Trump 's " Liberation Day " announcement.

Leading share indexes in the US and UK saw some of the steepest declines since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Trump left in place a tariff of 10% on imports from most countries and 145% on goods from China , America 's third largest source of imports after the European Union and Mexico .

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English

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39

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