'Sometimes you have to take medicine': Trump defends sweeping tariffs

'Sometimes you have to take medicine': Trump defends sweeping tariffs
Just hours after Trump's comments, stock markets plunged in Asia early on Monday, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng losing 9.8%.
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