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Apr 2025
8m 12s

“A financial bloodbath”

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From the BBC World Service: Stock markets across Asia, Europe and Australia have continued to plummet as the shockwaves from President Donald Trump’s tariffs reverberate around the world. Markets were in the red, and no sectors were spared in Asia’s major sell-off. Plus, European trade ministers are meeting to work out a response to the new duties imposed by the U.S. Will they opt for retaliatory tariffs?

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