Stock markets slump as trade war tensions spike - EWN
 

Stock markets slump as trade war tensions spike EWNLONDON - Investors fled stocks for safe-haven assets on Friday after being spooked by the latest salvos fired in the global trade war. With US President Donald Trump announcing tariffs on all Mexican imports and China warning it would create a list of "unreliable" foreign companies, investors piled into low-risk assets, sending the yield on 10-year German government bonds to a record low. The rate of return for investors on 10-year German government bonds, or Bunds, hit minus 0.213% in the secondary market, breaking the previous record of minus 0.205% set in July 2016. The yen, another safe...

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