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Asian markets were mixed Tuesday following the previous day’s global rally as traders keep a nervous eye on Donald Trump’s next moves after he signed off on 25 percent tariffs for steel and alumium imports, having warned of more measures to come.The president has lived up to his campaign pledges to resume his hardball trade …

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Global stock markets rose on Monday, as traders largely shrugged off US President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs announcement on steel and aluminum.Trump is set to slap 25-percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, part of a broad and gradually unfolding series of White House actions to remake trade.Stocks tumbled last Monday following a weekend Trump …

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Global stock markets rose on Monday, as traders appeared to shrug off US President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs announcement surrounding levies on steel and aluminium. This was in contrast to a week ago when tariff announcements from Trump sent global equities tumbling.The fact that stock markets are up this time around “could be a sign of …

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Global stock markets rose Monday, as traders appeared to shrug off US President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs announcement surrounding levies on steel and aluminium. This was in contrast to a week ago when tariff announcements from Trump sent global equities tumbling.The fact that stock markets are up this time around “could be a sign of tariff …

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European and Asian stock markets rose Monday, as traders appeared to shrug off US President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs announcement surrounding levies on steel and aluminium. This was in contrast to a week ago when tariff announcements from Trump sent global equities tumbling.”The fact that global equity indices are higher at the start of the week, …

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Equities were mostly down in Asia on Monday after Donald Trump ramped up his trade war by announcing huge tariffs on steel and aluminium imports and warned every country would face “reciprocal” levies.Another week got off to an uncertain start following losses on Wall Street that came in reaction to data showing US consumers increasingly …

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