The US markets ended sharply in red terrain on Tuesday after President Donald Trump directed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to identify $200 billion worth of Chinese goods for additional tariffs at a rate of 10 percent. The announcement represented the latest escalation in a tit-for-tat dispute between the No. 1 and 2 largest economies in the world. Trump further said the tariffs will go into effect if China refuses to change its unfair trade practices and insists on going forward with recently announced tariffs. The potential tariffs announced by Trump come as the U.S. and China both announced plans to impose tariffs on up to $50 billion worth of goods imported from the other country. Moreover, he stated that the United States will no longer be taken advantage of on trade by China and other countries in the world. Besides, The China’s Ministry of Commerce said China will have no choice but to take comprehensive measures in response to the U.S.’s trade moves.
On the economic front, the Commerce Department released a report showing a much bigger than expected jump in new residential construction in the month of May, although the report also showed a much steeper than expected drop in building permits. The report said housing starts spiked by 5.0 percent to an annual rate of 1.350 million in May after tumbling by 3.1 percent to a revised rate of 1.286 million in April. Street had expected housing starts to climb by 1.8 percent to a rate of 1.310 million from the 1.287 million originally reported for the previous month. Meanwhile, the Commerce Department said building permits plunged by 4.6 percent to an annual rate of 1.301 million in May after falling by 0.9 percent to a revised rate of 1.364 million in April.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 287.26 points or 1.15 percent to 24700.21, the S&P 500 was down by 11.16 points or 0.40% to 2762.59, while the Nasdaq fell 21.44 points or 0.28 percent to 7725.58.
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