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China shares slump, yuan down as U.S. raises stakes in trade row

China’s shares tumbled in a broad sell-off, and the yuan weakened on Wednesday after the United States threatened further import duties on Chinese goods in a sharp escalation of the trade conflict between the world’s two biggest economies. The yuan’s decline also prompted heavy selling of airline shares amid fears that a falling currency could add to fuel costs and the debt-servicing load of companies with dollar-denominated debts. China Southern Airlines, Air China and China Eastern Airlines all fell more than 5 percent. …read more […]

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Here’s How Markets Are Reacting to Trump’s Latest Trade Salvo

Global markets already caught in the crossfire of Donald Trump’s escalating trade conflict with China took yet another hit Wednesday after the U.S. pushed ahead with plans to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion in Chinese goods. The 10 percent tariffs proposed on items from clothing to television components to refrigerators further escalates a trade conflict that’s helped wipe out $2 trillion in value from global stock markets in the past month, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. “The fear is that the trade war is far from being over and tariffs will be enacted on both …read more […]