Financial markets are always pricing in uncertainty and risk, but the task has become dramatically more challenging in recent weeks after the US upended its longstanding trade policy. A repeat performance sentiment-roiling activity appears in store for the days ahead as investors wrestle with a series high-stake unknowns.

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China warns countries it will retaliate if governments engage in agreements with the US that threaten Beijing’s interests. “Appeasement cannot bring peace, and compromise cannot earn one respect,” a Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesperson said. “China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the expense of China’s interests. If this happens, China will never accept it and will resolutely take countermeasures.” On Friday, China’s Shanghia Stock Exchange Composite Index closed at a roughly middling level relative to recent history.

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