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Live from NPR News in Washington on Corva Coleman, stock markets around the world are slumping.
Investors are frightened of the effects of President Trump's new tariffs that are ricocheting around the world.
On Wall Street in pre-market trading, Dow futures are down 730 points, or nearly 2%.
NPR's John Bruitsch says elsewhere the economic uncertainty is slamming other markets.
In Asia, it was a bloodbath with equity markets from Australia to Vietnam plunging.
Some clocked record drops.
Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng index fell more than 13%.
Its biggest one-day drop since 1997.
The year Britain handed the territory back to China.
And Taiwan's market ended down nearly 10%.
Its biggest single-day fall on record.
In Europe, it was a similar story, with major market indexes down across the board.
NPR's John Bruitsch reporting, President Trump is defending his actions.