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CNN 5 Things

Stocks battered by sell-off, teacher grants frozen, TikTok’s deadline extended & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Investors’ fears over tit-for-tat tariffs sent markets tumbling for a second day. The Trump administration got its first win at the Supreme Court since reclaiming power. TikTok’s future in the US still hangs in the balance. A federal judge has ruled on a case regarding the Trump administration’s error over deportation flights to El Salvador. Plus, the latest update on a growing measles outbreak in the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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From CNN, I'm AfomaDK, with the five things you need to know for Friday, April 4th.

0:38.5

An escalating global trade war sparked another big market sell-off today.

0:43.2

All three major U.S. stock indexes plunged, but the Dow tanking more than 2,200 points

0:48.6

at closing.

0:50.0

A 10% tariff on most goods coming into the U.S. will go into effect tomorrow, with even

0:55.3

higher tariffs slated for next Wednesday.

0:58.2

China struck back with 34% tariffs on all imports from the U.S. starting next Thursday.

1:04.3

On Truth Social, President Donald Trump said, quote, China played it wrong.

1:08.5

They panicked.

1:09.7

Cambodia said it would lower tariffs on American exports after Trump announced a 49% reciprocal

1:15.4

tariff on Cambodian imports. Meanwhile, gamers eager to place orders for the new Nintendo Switch

1:21.2

2 console will have to wait a bit longer, while the company says it'll quote, assess the

1:26.3

potential impact on tariffs.

1:28.6

And some American shrimpers are cheering these tariffs on, as the industry has struggled to compete

1:33.5

against cheap imports. A.C. Cooper Jr., president of the Louisiana Shrimp Association, spoke to CNN.

1:40.8

If it goes up, so be it. We're losing our way of life anyway. It doesn't matter anymore.

1:45.7

So we continue on the road and keep losing fishermen. We're not going to have an industry anyway.

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