Market Turbulence Intensifies Amid Escalating U.S.-China Trade War

On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, global financial markets experience extreme volatility as tensions between the United States and China escalate sharply. The U.S. enforces a 104% tariff on all Chinese imports after midnight, prompting an immediate response from Beijing with a new 50% retaliatory tariff on American goods—bringing China’s total levies to 84%. The move fuels fears of a prolonged economic standoff between the world’s two largest economies.

Stocks open lower across U.S. markets as investors brace for the impact of the tit-for-tat. . .