HONG KONG: US President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports sent Asian stocks plunging on Friday as the move fuelled fresh fears of a global trade war.
Traders, already on edge owing to worries about rising interest rates, followed their US counterparts in heading to the hills after the president imposed levies on the commodities as part of his “America First” policy.
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