All across the world, as sell orders lit up screens on trading floors from Tokyo to London and New York, a sobering reality took hold: Donald Trump is serious about upending the global trading system — and it appears,

During President Trump's first term in the White House, the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite respectively soared by 57%, 70%, and 142%. Investors are hoping another round of corporate income tax cuts, coupled with deregulation, will lead to an encore performance for the stock market.

The uncertainty over the tariff policy is more of a problem for markets than the tariffs themselves,” one financial expert told The Post on Monday.

Wall Street stocks sustained heavy losses, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite plunging by 4.8 per cent and 6 per cent respectively, hours after Trump announced the highest US tariffs for over a century. It was the worst day since the 2020 coronavirus crisis for both benchmarks.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks whipped through another dizzying day Wednesday in the final hours before President Donald Trump’s unveiling of the tariffs promised as part of his “ Liberation Day ,” which could drastically remake the global economy.

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