Trump not backing down on tariffs, calls them ‘medicine’ as markets reel

• AP, WEST PALM BEACH, Florida

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he would not back down on his sweeping tariffs on imports from most of the world unless nations even out their trade with the US, digging in on his plans to implement the tariffs that have sent financial markets reeling, raised fears of a recession and upended the global trading system.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump s...
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