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U.S. stocks open lower on Trump's 'liberation day'

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Futures for all three major U.S. stock indexes slid Wednesday morning, led by the S&P 500 benchmark and the Nasdaq tech-heavy measure’s roughly 1% slides.
The Washington Post |
Wednesday was “Liberation Day,” the start of a multifront trade war President Donald Trump is waging against nearly all of our trading partners.
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Some economists predict lower-income households will feel the biggest blow.

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