US companies 'hereby ordered' by Trump to look for alternatives to China

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Stocks tumble on Wall Street as President Donald Trump tweets that US companies should immediately start looking for an alternative to doing business in China after Beijing announced a series of retaliatory tariffs.

US President Donald Trump says he has"hereby ordered" American companies to consider alternatives to doing business in China after Beijing announced a series of retaliatory tariffs.Wall Street stocks tumbled after Mr Trump tweeted US companies in China should come homeThe US plans to impose 10 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods commencing on the same dates

But as markets in the Asia, Europe and the US tumbled — the Dow Jones sinking nearly 500 points after Mr Trump's statements — the White House offered no further details or explanation of the US President's intentions."This is a GREAT opportunity for the United States," he wrote.

 

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