US Stocks Tumble On Latest Trump-China Trade Threats
Sumaira FH Published June 19, 2018 | 11:10 PM
Wall Street stocks tumbled in opening trading on Tuesday as fresh tariff threats by the United States and China against each other exacerbated trade war fears.
New York, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Jun, 2018 ) :Wall Street stocks tumbled in opening trading on Tuesday as fresh tariff threats by the United States and China against each other exacerbated trade war fears.
About 10 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.2 percent to 24,699.90.
The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 0.7 percent to 2,753.79, and the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index also shed 0.7 percent to 7,690.81.
US President Donald Trump said late Monday he had directed US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to target $200 billion worth of Chinese imports for a 10 percent levy, citing China's "unacceptable" move to raise its own tariffs.
That prompted a sharp response from Beijing, with China's Commerce Ministry accusing the United States of "extreme pressure and blackmail.
" "If the US acts irrationally and issues a list, China will have no choice but to take comprehensive measures of a corresponding number and quality and take strong, powerful countermeasures," the ministry said.
Trade war fears had ebbed somewhat in recent weeks after pressuring stocks earlier in the spring. But analysts said markets remained guarded over the increasingly harsh rhetoric.
"Until this point, the US equity market has done a remarkable job shaking off any trade-war jitters," said Briefing.com analyst Patrick O'Hare.
"That understanding, however, could leave it vulnerable to an outsized loss if the resilience many participants expect it to show again in the face of negative-sounding trade headlines doesn't persist."jmb/dg
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