President Trump's trade war and ongoing tariff uncertainty is scrambling retail order timelines that require planning for next spring to start now.

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff decisions since he took office on January 20 have shocked financial markets and sent a wave of uncertainty through the global economy. Here is a timeline of the major developments: February 1 - Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Mexican and most Canadian imports and 10% on goods from China,

Global stocks weakened on Friday after Donald Trump hit dozens of countries with tariffs, as the US president pushed ahead with his ambition to redraw the global trading order. Futures tracking the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell 0.4 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively. The broad Stoxx Europe 600 was down 0.9 per cent.