6 charts show the chaos in markets after Trump's sweeping trade war escalation

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• Trump is plowing ahead with his trade war and markets are in chaos.
• The president sweeping tariffs on Wednesday, sparking immediate panic in the stock market.
• US indexes were pointing sharply lower premarket. The dollar and bond yields also plunged.

President Donald Trump's trade war has sparked chaos in markets.

The president plowed ahead with sweeping tariffs, rolling out a fresh slate of new and reciprocal duties on America's top trading partners.