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On Wednesday, President Trump unveiled plans for reciprocal tariffs on countries worldwide, starting at 10%, with additional duties for nations labeled the “worst offenders.” The move unsettled markets on Thursday as investors reacted to the news.

Here are some of the biggest stories you may have missed overnight and early this morning:

Trump sets 10% global tariff, slaps bigger duties on certain partners

Trump’s tariffs make the likes of Nike un-investable: What Wall Street is saying

Here’s every country facing Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

Investors hunt for tariff-proof trades as new trade reality hits

‘Biggest tax hike’ since the ’40s: How Trump’s tariffs could bite

Here’s every country facing Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

Nvidia, TSMC, chip stocks fall on sweeping reciprocal tariffs

Musk stepping away from DOGE could benefit Trump and Tesla

China stocks, yuan tumble after bigger-than-expected Trump tariffs

Oil prices dropped after US President Donald Trump imposed harsh tariffs on key trading partners, including China and the EU. While energy was exempt, the move escalated the trade war, raising concerns about global demand. The tariffs sparked fears of economic slowdown, affecting oil markets.

Brent crude (BZ=F) declined as much as 4% to $71.55 a barrel, tracking a slump in wider markets.

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Apple (AAPL) shares fell over 7% before the bell, still leading the sell-off in tech stocks that followed Trump’s bigger-than-expected tariffs.

Apple’s overseas production hubs are particularly vulnerable, given the iPhone maker’s presence in China, Vietnam, and India. These countries will face tariffs of 34%, 46%, and 26%, respectively, once additional levies are taken into account.

“Apple produces basically all their iPhones in China, and the question will be around exceptions and exemptions on this tariff policy if those companies are building more operations, factories, and plants in the US like Apple announced in February,” Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in a note to clients on Wednesday.

Elsewhere in techs, chip stocks should also face significant pressure, with Nvidia (NVDA) and others exposed to China and Taiwan supply chains.

“The worry will be around pricing and margin impacts along with what this means for the global supply chain looking forward,” Ives said.

For now, the analyst continues to believe major negotiations will happen over the coming months as companies attempt to navigate “this new world of tariffs.” Until then, he warned, “tech stocks will clearly be under major pressure.”

Gold (GC=F) pulled back on Thursday after hitting a fresh record, as President Donald Trump’s broad “reciprocal” tariffs rattled global markets.

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US-listed Nike (NKE) shares fell over 8% premarket on Thursday after US President Donald Trump imposed steep new tariffs on key sourcing markets, including Vietnam, Indonesia, and China.

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As markets sold off late Wednesday, President Trump touted the domestic investments from Big Tech as companies like Apple (AAPL), Nvidia (NVDA), and others pledge billions to expand their respective footprints in the United States.

“Apple is going to spend $500 billion. They never spent money like that here,” Trump said, referencing the company’s plans to invest in its US operations over the next four years, which will include plans to build a new manufacturing factory, double its advanced manufacturing fund, and hire 20,000 people.

Apple (AAPL) shares still fell over 7% in after-hours trading given its exposure to countries set to be hit by increased tariffs.

Trump added that Apple’s investment will be matched by Oracle (ORCL), ChatGPT creator OpenAI, and Japanese conglomerate SoftBank (9984.T) — a nod to the $500 billion ‘Stargate’ AI venture announced earlier this year.

At the time, Trump claimed the venture would create “over 100,000 American jobs almost immediately.”

Plus, “Nvidia, a hot company, is investing hundreds of billions of dollars” into the US supply chain, Trump said. And “TSMC — the biggest and most important company in the world of chips from Taiwan — with no investment from us, is investing $200 billion.”

TSMC (TSM) announced last month that it plans to invest an additional $100 billion in advanced semiconductor manufacturing in the US. This is in addition to its ongoing $65 billion investment in its manufacturing operations in Phoenix, Ariz.

“They said the reason was No. 1, the election on Nov. 5. And No. 2, the tariffs,” Trump said. “They don’t want to pay the tariffs. And the way they’re not paying it is to build their plants here.”

Similar to Apple and other Big Tech players, semiconductor stocks also dropped in after-hours trade with Nvidia falling 5% while Broadcom (AVGO) and Intel (INTC) dropped 5% and 4%, respectively.

Tech stocks sold off following Trump’s sweeping tariff announcements. Apple (AAPL) led the declines as shares fell over 7% in after-hours trading.

Apple’s overseas production hubs are particularly vulnerable, given the iPhone maker’s presence in countries like China, Vietnam, and India. These countries will face 34%, 46%, and 26% tariffs, respectively.

“Apple produces basically all their iPhones in China, and the question will be around exceptions and exemptions on this tariff policy if those companies are building more operations, factories, and plants in the US like Apple announced in February,” Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in a note to clients on Wednesday.

Chip stocks also faced significant pressure, given the exposure to China and Taiwan supply chains. Nvidia (NVDA) stock slipped 5%, while TSMC (TSM) and Broadcom each dropped around 5%.

“The worry will be around pricing and margin impacts along with what this means for the global supply chain looking forward,” Ives said.

For now, the analyst believes major negotiations will happen over the coming months as companies attempt to navigate “this new world of tariffs.” Until then, he warned, “tech stocks will clearly be under major pressure.”

President Trump surprised markets again on Wednesday, announcing steep reciprocal tariffs on a range of trading partners in addition to a “baseline” reciprocal tariff rate of 10% in a move that sent markets tumbling.

“The tariffs were definitely worse than we had anticipated,” Deutsche Bank senior US economist Brett Ryan told Yahoo Finance.

For example, Chinese imports are set to be hit by a 34% tariff while imports from the European Union will be dealt 20% tariffs. Trump said the tariff calculations were actually only “half” of what they could’ve been had the administration chose to match White House estimates of how other countries tariff the US.

Stocks sold off sharply following Trump’s announcement.

The decline in US stock futures was led by Nasdaq 100 futures, which were down more than 4.5% near 6:15 p.m. ET. S&P 500 futures were down 3.5% while contracts tied to the Dow were off closer to 2.2%.

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