I N ITS SCOPE and severity, the trade war took markets by surprise. On April 3rd, the day after President Donald Trump laid out an unprecedented array of tariffs, the Russell 3000, one of the broadest measures of the American stockmarket,

There are signs of nervousness among Republican lawmakers, small indications of resistance or opposition to some of the tariffs.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs has triggered an escalating trade war and sent global markets plummeting