US President Donald Trump defended his plan to remake the US through the biggest tariff increases in a century. “Tariffs are about making America rich again and making America great again. And it’s happening, and it will happen rather quickly. There’ll be a little disturbance, but we’re OK with that. It won’t be much.” Meanwhile, European stocks climbed and bonds in the region tumbled Wednesday morning on Germany’s plans to unleash hundreds of billions of euros for defense and infrastructure.

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