Stock shock, tariff math and Friday night firings

Reuters World News · Apr 4, 2025 · 11m

The world reels from President Trump’s sweeping tariffs with $2.4 trillion wiped off U.S. shares and governments vowing retaliation. We look at the tariff math and its impact on poor countries, plus what’s being discussed in the White House. And, as night falls in Washington on

Fridays, the federal firings begin.

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