US STOCKS-China’s tariff blow sets Wall St for lower open ahead of Powell speech

Wall Street was set to open lower on Friday as China’s threat to impose tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods ratcheted up trade tensions ahead of a highly anticipated speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. China’s commerce ministry said it would impose additional tariffs on a total of 5,078 U.S. products that include agricultural products, crude oil, small aircraft and cars.

source https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-stocks-chinas-tariff-blow-130752629.html?.tsrc=rss

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