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Posted on May 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleEuropean shares fell after Trump accused China of tariff violations, impacting the STOXX 600 index and increasing market volatility.
LONDON (Reuters) -Europe's benchmark STOXX 600 index trimmed its gains on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said China had violated an agreement on tariffs with the United States.
The STOXX 600 dropped after Trump's post on Truth Social, but was last up 0.2% on the day. A measure of European volatility spiked and was last up 0.2 points at 19.19.
(Reporting by Lucy Raitano, editing by Dhara Ranasinghe)
Trump stated that China had violated an agreement on tariffs with the United States.
The STOXX 600 index trimmed its gains after Trump's post, but was last up 0.2% on the day.
A measure of European volatility spiked, increasing by 0.2 points to 19.19.
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