Currencies of Trump’s Tariff Targets Slump With Levies Looming
(Bloomberg) -- The Canadian dollar and Mexican peso slumped after President Donald Trump affirmed the launch of 25% tariffs on products from both nations beginning Tuesday, the latest in a string of trade announcements from the administration that have buffeted investors in the $7.5 trillion-a-day foreign-exchange market. Most Read from Bloomberg The loonie dropped as much as 0.6% to 1.4542 and the peso slid 0.9% to 20.75 against the US dollar on Monday, touching the weakest levels since Trump’s previous tariff deadline — for early February — caused traders to...