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Markets plunge with Dow down 2,200 after China retaliates against Trump tariffs

by STAN CHOE AP Business Writer
| April 4, 2025 1:00 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street's worst crisis since COVID slammed into a higher gear Friday.

The S&P 500 lost 6% after China matched President Donald Trump's big raise in tariffs announced earlier this week. The move increased the stakes in a trade war that could end with a recession that hurts everyone. Not even a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market, which is usually the economic highlight of each month, was enough to stop the slide.

The drop closed the worst week for the S&P 500 since March 2020, when the pandemic ripped through the global economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 2,231 points, or 5.5% and the Nasdaq composite tumbled 5.8% to pull more than 20% below its record set in December.

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