Chinese tariff retaliation, presidential tweets and market unease sends exchanges plummeting

2:40pm PDT - August 23rd, 2019    dow jones - TechCrunch

After a week of modest gains, major stock indexes plummeted on Friday as China retaliated against U.S. tariffs by imposing $75 billion worth of tariffs on U.S. goods coming into the country. China’s foreign ministry said that it would resume tariffs on U.S. i…