Asian shares slump as shockwaves from Trump tariffs rock global markets | BBC News

Stock markets have plunged in Asia, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to send shockwaves around the world.

Earlier, US stock market futures were sharply down, indicating that Wall Street shares will fall when they open.

Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One, has defended his tariff policy, saying “sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something”.

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31 Comments

  1. This is a ploy to make the rich even richer. Shares are being bought at vastly reduced prices by rich people. All of a sudden, Trump will lift tariffs and make rich purchasers even richer. Simples. Putin must be laughing his socks off😂

  2. Word is, as many as 50 nations want to talk to president Trump about trade.

    50?

    Not enough, and it’s pretty clear, they still don’t get it.

    We’re ultimately going to reorder the economic universe, NOT simply play tariff pong.

    Think a “Bretton Woods III”, or something like it.

    All the trade games will be dispensed with, and we’re going to demand a completely new set of standards and monitoring regimes to end the severely unfair and abusive behavior that causes unbalanced trade, and phony challenges to our competitiveness.

    Monumental change coming.

  3. No one has asked whether Trump is loosing millions….because he is not, so he has no care in the world who else loses. If he was personally on the losing side of tariffs there would be no tariff wars….he cares about no one else besides himself yet many American can't see this. All those advocates for tariff have little to nothing to lose, so they don't care who else does.

  4. So after 34 Felony's, and so many LIES, and THIS TARIFF WAR NOW, — is he a CRIMINAL YET??? WHY No tariffs on RUSSIA??? –DO YOU remember when Donny looked directly at the SUN, during the ECLIPSE. no Glasses.

    Democracy DIES in DORKNESS and because of this – There is No TRUST IN AMERICA ANYMORE. Most People and COUNTRY'S will pull their money BACK. and invest it in a safe place… DUH – Maybe somewhere that they don't yell TARIFF TARIFF TARIFF, or GIVE-UP SECRET INFO to everybody, or Start talking about takeovers(Canada and Greenland) like you are the SAME AS RUSSIA…. and I don't KNOW if anybody else has noticed, But Donny BREAKS EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES." and looks like ELON IS Going to BREAK NEXT and it will be so fun to watch." But I think (my home)America is NEXT… Nobody is talking about Donny's NEW BITCOIN. It is a way to funnel unseen MONEY, to a Bully, to get him to stop the Bullying. He started the new bitcoin on DAY 3 of being back in OFFICE.. and then HE STARTED YELLING TARIFF TARIFF TARIFF.

  5. LETS MAKE A DEAL. send Money NOW to the NEW BITCOIN…. Nobody is talking about Donny's NEW BITCOIN. It is a way to funnel unseen MONEY, to a Bully, to get him to stop the Bullying. He started the new bitcoin on DAY 3 of being back in OFFICE.. and then HE STARTED YELLING TARIFF TARIFF TARIFF.

  6. Great guest. Very insightful. We citizens of Asia (especially those in SE Asia) should realize that we are not beholden to the US. We have so much resources, so much talent within our region, and this is a sign, more than anything else, to work more closely together with our asian neighbors so we can stop getting buillied by bigger countries.

  7. 别光加关税,玩经济战,没意思,有胆量就把美军派过来,这样比较好玩,冷战热战随便你们,中国人从不带怕的

  8. CURRENCY MANIPULATION is worse than ww2 … when you kkk ppl during war!! YOU can count your dead 💀…with CURRENCY MANIPULATION your sucking the other country dry-OVER 100yrs ( China🇨🇳 1990 to 2025 ) PROPERTY DEVELOPER ANSWER: GOD BLESS!! PRESIDENT TRUMP🙏what is “currency manipulation” ??? 8.5/10 idi on the street can’t ANSWER IT: Imagine I print a dollar vs you print the Chinese YUAN!! Both currencies are BACKED BY NOTHING!! (Fiat currency) YOU deliberate UNDER-value your YUAN!! in the “HOPE” ppl buy your products!! FOR Example: Land cost$ 1 Million Build cost$ 1 million … total cost 2 Million … By currency manipulation…you can bring your build cost down to 500,000 … making your final product cost $1.5 million Chinese built house in America VS 2 million AMERICAN ARCHITECT BUILT HOUSE IN AMERICA 🇺🇸…Chinese government sells more??? Making them the TOP 50 TRILLION ECONOMY BY 2050 🎉 ????

  9. I'm retired at 27, went from Grace to Grace. This video here reminds me of my transformation from a nobody to good home, honest wife and 35k biweekly and a good daughter full of love

  10. Still a far left news organization I see , how’s the BBC getting on without their USAID payout … still hangin on obviously. Good news though day 1 tariffs fir UsA were 980 million! Yay

  11. trump said he was going to do this and more than half the country still voted for him… if you crybabies were that concerned, where were the 81 million that came the ballots for biden? 🤡

  12. NO COUNTRIES should go give a victory to Trump by going in Washington to beg kneely for a release of tariffs. Tariffs will soon very soon go before USA goes in recession with inflation. That should come soon. In other words, don't play Trump's game. Stay at home, endure, suffer and then be freed. Don't give this bas__d a victory. Shame him, ridicule him instead. Give him the middle finger!

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