The sanctions announced by Donald Trump sparked volatility on stock markets on Monday, with leading indexes down in Europe and in the US. The US president announced the charges on imports from China, Canada and Mexico -- and then backtracked on Mexico, postponing those for a month. That announcement led to some recovery on Wall Street.
The European Union is also cautiously eyeing the uncertainty triggered by the White House, after Mr Trump told reporters that the EU was next in line, describing the bloc as an atrocity, and grumbling about the imbalance in Transatlantic trade.
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