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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman, investors in the U.S.
and around the world are registering their dismay over President Trump's trade war.
NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones industrial average tumbled about 900 points in early trading.
10 percent tariffs on nearly everything the U.S.
imports took effect over the weekend unless something changes.
Even higher import taxes on goods from dozens of countries are set to kick in on Wednesday.
That's sparking fears of higher prices and slower economic growth.
On its way back to Washington from a golfing weekend in Florida last night,
President Trump told reporters, quote, sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something.
Investors around the world are finding the president's trade war a bitter pill.
Asian markets drop sharply overnight.
Oil prices briefly dip below $60 a barrel, but retail gasoline prices in the U.S.
continue to climb.
They're up about nine cents a gallon in the last week.
Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.