Live: Global stocks weaken as Trump pushes ahead with trade war

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Global stocks weakened on Friday after Donald Trump hit dozens of countries with tariffs, as the US president pushed ahead with his ambition to redraw the global trading order. Futures tracking the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell 0.4 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively. The broad Stoxx Europe 600 was down 0.9 per cent.