Shares in Asia track European markets lower on concern over Trump's push on Greenland
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AI-Powered 90% GROQ-LLAMA-3.1-8B-INSTANTAsian markets and US futures fell sharply due to concerns over Trump's tariff threat on European imports, while Tokyo's Nikkei 225 also declined due to a snap election called by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
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U.S. futures fell sharply and Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday after U.S. markets were closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday. World shares took a hit after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap a 10% extra tariff on imports from eight European countries, provoking a backlash from important trading partners that invest heavily in the U.S. In Asian trading, Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 1.1% to 52,991.10 after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called a snap election for Feb. 8.
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Asian markets and US futures fell sharply due to concerns over Trump's tariff threat on European imports, while Tokyo's Nikkei 225 also declined due to a snap election called by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
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