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US close: Markets hammered by Trump's tariff plan, S&P 500 falls 4.8%

By Benjamin Chiou

Date: Thursday 03 Apr 2025

(Sharecast News) - US stock markets suffered their worst sell-off in five years on Thursday after president Donald Trump unveiled a barrage of sweeping trade tariffs that were much more severe than expected.
Trump said the tariffs were a "historic executive order instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world", with...

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