Asian Markets Edge Up But Uncertainty Rules Ahead Of Trump Tariffs

Fuente: International Business Times

Investors are nervously awaiting Donald Trump's tariffs announcement, which is due later Wednesday AFP Asian markets edged up Wednesday as nervous investors brace for Donald Trump's wave of tariffs later in the day, though speculation about what he has in store is stoking uncertainty on trading floors. Equities have been battered leading up to the US president's announcement -- which he has dubbed "Liberation Day" -- with warnings that friend and foe are in the crosshairs after what he says is years of "ripping off" the United States. He has trailed the measures for weeks, initially suggesting they would match whatever levies other countries impose.