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But stock market investors have been trading on a knife’s edge, and any announcement coming from the Trump administration on tariffs has the ability to send stocks surging or tumbling.

The Shanghai stock market closed more than 1% higher, an outlier in a sea of red in Asia on Wednesday. In Europe, the region’s benchmark STOXX 600 index fell 3.5%.

US stock futures plunged Sunday evening after two sessions of sell-offs that wiped away over $5.4 trillion in market value.

For example, duties will be 24% on Japan and 20% on the European Union, in lieu of the universal 10% tariff, effective April 9. The EU said it is preparing fresh countermeasures if negotiations fail.

Among the most prominent countries hit by the reciprocal tariffs are China at 34%, Japan at 24%, the European Union at 20%, India at 26%, Vietnam at 46% and Taiwan at 32%. "Reciprocal,'' Trump said.

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