Japan's Nikkei fell on Tuesday, as markets were jittery about a trade war ahead of U.S. tariffs on Canada and Mexico, while a stronger yen also added to investors' concerns.

When it comes to the war in Ukraine, President Trump finds common cause with the world’s outlier states and stands against traditional U.S. allies like Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan and Italy.

France, Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand—following Washington’s lead—have each staged war games or concluded alliances with Manila targeting China.

In Japan these days there is nothing quite like an annual meeting to focus the mind of a company losing its strategic way. After six months of defending itself against a takeover by Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard ,

Gold medalists Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan, center, poses with silver medalists Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada, left, and bronze medalists Lia Pereira and Trennt Micha

It’s the latest expansion of the Ballard Global Alliance, which launched last year and includes strategic partnerships with consultancies across the globe, including in Japan, South Korea, Latin America,

Mexico, China and Canada were the largest importers for the US in 2023, and the first targets of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Germany, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Ireland, Italy and France may be next.

Shares retreated Friday in Europe and Asia, with benchmarks in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea tumbling more than 2% as U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to push ahead with 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada and to double tariffs on Chinese products to 20% left investors reeling.

Japan's Nikkei fell on Tuesday, as markets were jittery about a trade war ahead of U.S. tariffs on Canada and Mexico, while a stronger yen also added to investors' concerns. The Nikkei was down 1.8% at 37,

U.S. President Donald Trump said he told the leaders of Japan and China they could not continue to reduce the value of their currencies, as doing so would be unfair to the United States. The remarks added to market jitters as Trump's new 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday,

Beijing condemned the move and swiftly retaliated, saying it would impose 10% and 15% levies on a range of agricultural imports from the United States.

Canada has announced that it will impose retaliatory tariffs on the US after Donald Trump confirmed that he would go forward with his planned 25 per cent levies, writes Emily Blumenthal.