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Katie Brockman  |  The Motley FoolThe Trump administration implemented 25% tariffs against Canada and Mexico on March 4, as well as an additional 10% tariff on goods from China — bringing the total tariff on Chinese-made goods to 20%. The countries swifly issued retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports, escalating tension between the countries and rattling the stock market.Major indexes dropped sharply after the tariffs took effect, with the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) falling by 2.96% since Monday, as of this writing. The Nasdaq (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) dipped by around 2.98% in...

This content was published on March 4, 2025 - 01:19 (Bloomberg) — Asian stocks fell Tuesday, tracking US shares lower as President Donald Trump’s pledge to impose tariffs on trading partners raised the spectre of a trade war hitting global economic growth.Tokyo and Sydney shares were down, with futures showing equity benchmarks in Hong Kong to open lower Tuesday. The S&P 500 declined almost 2% as the US president said Mexico and Canada couldn’t negotiate a reprieve from tariffs set to take effect Tuesday and signed an order doubling a...

(Bloomberg) -- From China’s artificial-intelligence successes to Dubai’s immigrant-led boom and rising prospects of debt restructuring in Venezuela and Lebanon, the winning emerging-market trades of 2025 all help investors withstand President Donald Trump’s trade agenda. Such selective trades are protecting investors from the unpredictability of Trump’s second term because they aren’t reliant on exports to the US, interest-rate cuts or a weak dollar. While benchmark indexes across stocks, bonds and currencies in developing markets have had the best start in years, the end of February brought a selloff, triggered by yet another...