Asia markets slump as Trump’s new trade war rattles global confidence
CNN
Asia markets slumped on Monday after Donald Trump slapped tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, sparking fears that another bruising ‘America First’ trade war that could hit global growth.
Asia markets slumped on Monday after Donald Trump slapped tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, sparking fears of another bruising ‘America First’ trade war that could hit global growth. Japan’s Nikkei plunged more than two percent at one point on Monday and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was down more than one percent. South Korea’s KOSPI was down more than two percent at one point. Shanghai was closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. China’s markets will resume trading on Wednesday. The US dollar soared to a record high against the Chinese yuan. “Trump’s trade war has started,” Alvin Tan, head of Asia currency strategy at RBC Capital Markets in Singapore told Reuters, noting it was hard to see the dollar retreating any time soon. Trump announced over the weekend that tariffs will amount to a significant 25% duty on all imports from Mexico and most goods from Canada, and a 10% tariff on Chinese goods imported into the United States.
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