Asian stocks tumble after Trump tariffs

Hong Kong (AFP) Mar 4, 2025

Asian markets tumbled on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump hiked tariffs on Chinese imports and warned that levies on Mexico and Canada could not be averted. Japan's Nikkei and Hong Kong's Hang Seng saw the biggest drop, falling more than two percent and 1.5 percent respectively. It comes after the White House said on Monday that Trump had signed an executive order to increase a pr