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Stocks Slump as Trump Threatens Tariffs on All U.S. Trading Partners

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Mar. 31. The Trump administration is still scrambling to set out the specifics of its new tariff agenda ahead of ‘Liberation Day’ on Wednesday. WSJ reporter Caitlin McCabe explains how the tariff threats are ramping up market volatility and dampening the outlook for the U.S. economy. Plus, Trump threatens Russia with new tariffs, after expressing anger at Vladimir Putin as Ukraine peace talks make little progress. And Apple clashes with SpaceX amid a race to eliminate cellphone dead spots. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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UK forward slash ISA.

0:33.6

Markets brace for a big week of trade announcements since the U.S. puts universal tariffs back on the table.

0:40.4

So what we're seeing is what the world's largest banks have been doing really for the last several weeks now,

0:47.9

which is essentially escalating their warnings about the American economy.

0:52.2

Plus, President Trump threatens sanctions on Russia as Ukraine peace talk stall and Apple's

0:58.7

satellite expansion plans landed in SpaceX's crosshairs.

1:03.3

It's Monday, March 31st.

1:05.2

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News,

1:10.2

the top headlines and business stories

1:12.0

moving your world today.

1:16.7

Tariff Week is upon us. President Trump has set Wednesday as Liberation Day when he'll

1:22.7

pull back the curtain on a range of new levees. And even as that deadline nears, we report that the administration

1:29.2

is still scrambling to nail down the specifics, including whether to impose individualized

1:34.5

tariffs on specific trading partners or reach for across-the-board tariffs, potentially as high as

1:40.6

20 percent, that would affect virtually every country doing business with the U.S.

1:45.4

That's according to people familiar with conversations between the president and his team in

1:49.9

recent days in which he's pushed them to be more aggressive. Trump for months promoted the

1:56.0

idea of universal tariffs during his campaign, but later ditched the idea in favor of a so-called

2:01.7

reciprocal tariff plan. In administration officials said that reciprocal plan is still on the

2:07.9

table, but that whatever is unveiled on April 2nd, Trump wants the policy to be, quote,

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