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(Bloomberg) -- Canada’s benchmark stock index pared its decline on Monday, after tumbling the most since August at one point after US President Donald Trump said over the weekend that he would impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China starting Tuesday. Most Read from BloombergNew York’s First ‘Passive House’ School Is a Model of Downtown DensityState Farm Seeks Emergency California Rate Hike After LA FiresWhen French Communists Went on a Brutalist Building BoomTrump Paves the Way to Deputize Lo

Companies in a wide range of industries saw their stocks come under pressure Monday on Wall Street because of tariff threats from President Donald Trump. Automakers, technology companies and retailers all fell as the U.S., Mexico, Canada and China wrangled over tariffs. Trump said over the weekend that 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico would go into effect Tuesday, though he has given the nations a 30-day reprieve.

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Cryptocurrency prices took a hit from the prospect of a trade war between the U.S. and its major trading partners, with some well-known digital assets and President Donald Trump's own meme coin taking big hits. The price of bitcoin started falling from about $105,000 shortly after Trump announced plans Saturday to start putting large tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency fell to about $92,000 Sunday night before rebounding back over $100,000 Monday afternoon following Trump's announcement of a pause on the tariffs on Mexican goods.

U.S. President Donald Trump's willingness to calibrate economic policies based on market signals will be key for U.S. inflation and growth prospects, PIMCO's Chief Investment Officer Dan Ivascyn said on Monday, after tariffs on U.S. trade partners roiled markets. Investors on Monday scrambled to make sense of escalating trade tensions after Trump announced broad tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China over the weekend.

The S&P 500 fell 0.8% on Monday, Feb. 3, as investors reacted to tariffs on major U.S. trading partners while awaiting key earnings and labor market data.

(Reuters) -The major stock indexes closed lower on Monday, but partly recovered from initial steeper losses as U.S. President Donald Trump delayed tariffs on Mexico after his orders to levy tariffs on three countries sparked a global scramble to safe-haven assets earlier in the day. Trump said he has paused planned tariffs on Mexico for one month after the nation agreed to reinforce its northern border with 10,000 National Guard members to stem the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl. Over the weekend, Trump had announced hefty new tariffs of 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada, and 10% on China - which he said may cause short-term pain for Americans.