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The Trump administration's roll-out of sweeping global tariffs tariffs has prompted urgent questions about how the new taxes were calculated, how long they will last and what exactly the White House hopes to achieve with them.

Wall Street is wracked by major selling as investors bet against the sweeping new trade barriers. Japan’s main stock index and Europe’s Stoxx 600 each closed 2.7% lower.