Advisers avoid 'knee-jerk' dismissal of US equities amid Trump's tariff shake-up

‘Although many market values have fallen, the fundamentals remain largely intact’

Isabel Baxter
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Advisers have urged for clients to not have a ‘knee-jerk’ reaction and move away from US equities until further clarity emerges from US president Donald Trump’s tariff announcements.

Global markets have taken a blow after Trump unveiled a series of sweeping tariffs meant to "make America wealthy again". In his Rose Garden speech at the White House on Wednesday (2 April), Trump pledged 20% levies on European Union imports and 10% on imports coming from the UK. "European Union, they are very tough… traders. And you think of European Union [as being] very friendly, they rip us off, it is so sad to see. It is so pathetic," Trump told reporters. In addition, the US president slapped another 34% tariff on China, bringing the total to 54% after another 20% previously ...

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