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Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 500 points as escalation of trade dispute between U.S. and China worries investors.

China's government has confirmed its economy czar will go to Washington as scheduled this week for trade negotiations despite President Donald Trump's threat of new tariff hikes in a fight over Beijing's technology ambitions.

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The Dow, which at one point was down more than 600 points, and S&P 500 had their biggest drop since Jan. 3.

Asian stock markets steadied on Tuesday after Beijing said trade negotiators were preparing to go to Washington despite President Donald Trump's threat to escalate their tariff war.

U.S. stocks fell sharply at the opening of trading Monday, following a sell-off in Europe and Asia, after President Donald Trump threatened to escalate a trade war between the world's two largest economies.

A Chinese spokesman says a team from Beijing is "preparing to travel to the United States" for trade talks, suggesting negotiations might go ahead despite President Donald Trump's latest tariff threat.

___ US-China deal seems dim but possible as talks stay on track BEIJING (AP) — President Donald Trump's new threat to escalate tariffs on Chinese goods has clouded prospects for a trade agreement, though preparations by Beijing's envoys to still visit the United States this week are buoying hopes for some breakthrough to end the trade war between the world's two largest economies.

New jitters over the possibility of an escalation in the costly trade war between the U.S. and China pulled stocks broadly lower Monday.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: Anadarko Petroleum Corp., up $2.77 to $75.49 Occidental revised its bid for the oil company by raising its cash portion of the offer to $59 from $38 per share.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

U.S. companies that do a lot of business in China are getting hit hard in early trading after President Donald Trump threatened more tariffs with trade talks between the world's two biggest economies faltering.

Warren Buffett says it's hard to know how a trade war between China and the United States would affect the economy if President Donald Trump follows through on his latest tariff threat because so many other countries are affected.

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Stocks drop sharply after President Trump threatens to increase tariffs on China; Dow Jones industrials fall 400 points.

The Latest on investor Warren Buffett's comments on a variety of topics (all times local): 6:25 a.m.

Shares and oil prices have tumbled after President Donald Trump jolted markets with a threat to raise more tariffs on imports from China, spooking investors who had been expecting good news this week on trade.

Despite fears that President Trump's tariff threat would cause China to cancel this week's talks, the meetings remain on track, according to published reports.

The Latest on reaction to President Donald Trump's threat to raise tariffs on imports from China to 25% as of this coming Friday (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Chinese share benchmarks have plummeted more than 5% as threats by President Donald Trump to raise tariffs in the trade war with Beijing raised doubts over the likelihood of a deal between the two biggest economies.

President Donald Trump turned up the pressure on China on Sunday, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.