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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Christopher McKeon

Stock market slides again as Trump tariffs come into effect

Donald Trump’s tariffs came into effect overnight (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) - (AP)

UK stocks fell sharply again on Wednesday morning as Donald Trump’s worldwide tariffs came into effect.

The import taxes announced by the US President last week, including a 10% charge on UK goods and a new 104% rate on some Chinese imports, took effect from midnight Washington time – just after 5am in the UK.

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