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Donald Trump's latest trade whiplash is drawing fire from renowned economist Nouriel Roubini, who says the president's threat-retreat cycle is getting shorter and shorter—and markets still haven't learned to ignore it.

The surprise cancelation of an upcoming meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping sent grain futures, stocks tumbling on Friday.

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ25) are up +1.38%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ25) are up +1.84% this morning, signaling a rebound from Friday’s sell-off on Wall Street as sentiment improved after U.S. President Donald Trump softened his stance on tariff threats against Beijing.

China holds an unexpectedly strong hand in the trade war, and the U.S.’s tariffs have been counterintuitively positive for China.

Trade numbers confirm that Chinese exports to the United States fell, but jumped globally, as a new 100% tariff threat from US President Donald Trump promises a rocky patch ahead of trade negotiations between the world's two strongest economies.

China's trade grew faster than expected last month, official data showed Monday, though fresh fears are rising of a major escalation in the tariff war between Beijing and Washington.

Asian markets sank Monday after US President Donald Trump reignited his trade war with China by threatening last week to impose 100 percent tariffs on goods from the country.

Economists are reacting to President Donald Trump’s latest tariff escalation with China, as well as the subsequent walk-back over the weekend, following the sharp selloff in risk assets on Friday.

On Sunday, Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) CEO Michael Dell reacted to President Donald Trump's comments on U.S.–China tensions, thanking him for addressing the ongoing trade and rare earth dispute that has rattled global markets.