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Stock markets drop on new Trump China tariffs

Donald Trump to impose new tariffs on a further $300bn of Chinese imports.

The global stock market response to US President Donald Trumps latest China trade salvo wasn't pretty. Shares sank all over the world. The latest new tariffs -- imposed in a tweet -- mean that effectively all Chinese imports to the US will be taxed from 1st September. This after few signs of a breakthrough in the latest bilateral talks.

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