# Stock markets have fallen in Asia and Europe after US president Donald Trump suggested that new tariffs he is set to announce this week will hit all countries, not just those that have the biggest trade imbalances with his country. In Japan the Nikkei closed more than four-percent lower today. In the UK, the FTSE 100 index was down about 0.8-percent in morning trade, while Germany’s Dax index and France’s Cac 40 were both down one-percent. The price of gold rose to another record high, hitting over three-thousand-124-dollars an ounce.
Global shares slide as Trump tariffs loom