Asian stocks wobble as US inflation fails to ease trade worries


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HONG KONG: Asian investors struggled Thursday (March 13) to build on much-needed gains on Wall Street as a below-forecast read on US inflation was offset by ongoing concerns about President Donald Trump's trade war.

With governments around the world trying to figure out how to respond to the US president's tariffs agenda and threats of further measures, equity markets have been plunged into turmoil amid uncertainty about what is to come.

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