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Reuters
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March 12, 2025
Makers of products from sportswear to luxurious vehicles and chemical substances painted a dismal image on Wednesday of shopper and industrial well being, including to considerations concerning the injury from U.S. President Donald Trump’s commerce wars and hitting share costs once more.
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Elevated tariffs on all U.S. metal and aluminium imports took impact on Wednesday, as Trump steps up his marketing campaign to reorder world commerce in favour of the USA. Europe swiftly retaliated.
Trump’s plans for tariffs – and their back-and-forth implementation since he took workplace in January – have upended industries from vehicles to vitality and unnerved companies and traders. Worries that rising prices will reignite inflation, and that souring shopper sentiment might herald a U.S. recession, have induced inventory markets to plunge.
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