Trump won’t be drawn into talk of recession

Market concerns: Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The US president says tariffs could be imposed on Canadian dairy and lumber products within days in a growing trade war with the country’s northern neighbour. — AFP

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has declined to predict whether the United States could face a recession amid stock market concerns about his tariff actions on Mexico, Canada and China.

The Republican president, whose trade policies have rekindled fears of worsening US inflation, was asked if he expected a recession this year in a Fox News interview broadcast on Sunday.