Investors awaited tariff news between the U.S. and European Union on Friday that could add a potentially volatile development to the end of a week in which President Donald Trump reignited his global trade war.

U.S. stocks and government bonds were swept up in a selloff on Friday, as President Trump’s threats of new tariffs against a host of U.S. trade partners unnerved investors.

The country’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, has been called the “Trump whisperer,” and negotiations have been cordial and professional. But it’s been a wild ride.

The U.S. dollar rose against major currencies including the yen and euro as President Donald Trump rekindled trade tensions with new tariffs on Canada and other trading partners. Trump issued a letter late on Thursday that said a 35% tariff rate on all imports from Canada would apply from August 1.

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Australia's leader Anthony Albanese will visit China and meet with President Xi Jinping this weekend as he seeks to strengthen ties with Canberra's largest trading partner. Regional security and trade will take centre stage during the prime minister's six-day trip spanning three cities - Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu.

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Trump always chickens out -- is widely understood to mean President Donald Trump employs brinksmanship before eventually settling on a more reasonable policy. Volkmar Baur, a currency analyst for Commerzbank,

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met his Japanese and Philippine counterparts in a meeting Thursday on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ annual ministerial meetings in Malaysia. The U.S., Japan and the Philippines have been building a trilateral bloc to broaden security and economic cooperation.

While investors feel like they may understand Trump's negotiating tactics by now, tariffs could soon show up in earnings and economic data, Mike Wilson said.