By Abha Bhattarai · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump’s intensifying trade war sent stock markets reeling as investors, companies and Americans fretted about rising costs from an onslaught of new tariffs. U.S. stocks fell sharply Thursday, with the S&P 500 dropping more than 4 percent and the Nasdaq down 5 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial […]
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