U.S. stocks slump after China trade outlook sours
U.S. stock indexes suffered their worst day since March on Tuesday as investors remained on edge over President Donald Trump’s threat to increase tariffs on billions of dollars of imports from China.
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The Dow Jones industrial average sank almost 800 points Tuesday as investors worried that a U.S.-China trade truce reached over the weekend wasn't all it was cracked up to be.