Emerging market stocks slide on Trump tariff threats and strong dollar
MSCI’s broad index has dropped more than 10% since reaching a two-and-half-year high in October
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Canada’s Trudeau Cautions U.S. Consumers to Consider Harms of Trump’s Tariff Threats
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