Trump calls tariffs ‘medicine’ as rising costs put further strain on retailers

Donald Trump has defended his sweeping new tariffs — calling them “medicine” — as stock markets across Asia and the US suffer sharp losses and fears of a global trade war intensify.
The US president warned that other countries would need to pay “a lot of money” to see the levies lifted, despite mounting pressure from European and Asian leaders to soften his stance.
“I don’t want anything to go down. But sometimes you have to take medicine to fix so