Global financial markets gave a clear vote of no-confidence in President Trump's economic policy.
The damage it will do is obvious: costs for companies will rise, hitting their earnings.
The consequences will ripple throughout the global economy, with economists now raising their expectations for a recession, not only in the US, but across the world.
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Financial investors had been gradually re-calibrating their expectations of Donald Trump over the past few months.
Hopes that his actions may not match his rhetoric were dashed on Wednesday as he imposed sweeping tariffs on the US' trading partners, ratcheting up protectionism to a level not seen in more than a century.
Markets were always going to respond to that but they are also battling with another problem: the lack of certainty when it comes to Trump.
He is a capricious figure and we can only guess his next move. Will he row back? How far is he willing to negotiate and offer concessions?
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These are massive unknowns, which are piled on to uncertainty about how countries will respond.
China has already retaliated and Europe has indicated it will go further.
That will compound the problems for the global economy and undoubtedly send shivers through the markets.
Much is yet to be determined, but if there's one thing markets hate, it's uncertainty.
(c) Sky News 2025: Global markets have given Trump a clear no-confidence vote - and his ficklenes
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