Wall Street falls as Trump tariffs and weak jobs report hit global markets – as it happened

Just 73,000 jobs created in July, and employment in May and June was 258,000 lower than previously reportedUS Politics Live: Trump is ‘killing jobs and jacking up prices’, Democrats say amid tariff fallout and weak employment growthUS adds 73,000 jobs in July amid economic pressure from Trump’s trade warFull list of new tariff ratesAcross the Tasman Sea, New Zealand was hit with 15% tariffs.The country’s trade minister Todd McClay said he was hoping to have talks with his US counterparts.We will be making the case about why this shouldn’t have happened, and engaging very, very quickly again with US officials to clarify this and to seek changes around the new tariffs put on New Zealand exporters. Continue reading...