Trump gambles on tariffs as nation braces for economic fallout
President Trump took his biggest gamble yet on the economy Wednesday when he pressed forward with sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly every country in the world.But in fulfilling a key campaign promise, he also ignored warnings that targeting key trading partners – from the likes of China, Japan and the European Union – will raise prices at home and risk the eruption of a global trade war.The tariffs also stand to inject a fresh round of uncertainty in the stock market and a slew
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