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U.S. stocks surged on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he was pausing 

The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared over 2,600 points, or nearly 7 percent as relief spread across investors. The S&P surged more than 8 percent while the Nasdaq rallied more than 10 percent as of mid-afternoon trading.

The sharp rebound comes after days of big losses in global markets sparked by Trump's announcement last week that he would impose reciprocal tariffs on countries, as well as a universal 10 percent tariff.

Trump pauses tariffs on most nations for 90 days, raises taxes on Chinese imports

But Trump backed down from many of his actions, announcing a 90-day pause on those reciprocal tariffs except for China. The president said he would raise tariffs on China to 125 percent after the Asian economy had earlier in the day announced a 84 percent retaliatory tariff on the U.S. 

The president added he would continue to impose a 10 percent tariff on all other countries.

Despite the rally on Wednesday, confusion remains about the state of other tariffs Trump has announced, including his tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

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U.S. stocks surged on Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on the higher tariffs he had imposed on most countries — except for China.

U.S. stocks soar after Trump pauses most tariffs

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