World shares slip as investors cope with uncertainty over tariffs, await US jobs report

BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mostly lower on Friday, with Tokyo's benchmark closing down more than 2% after a sell-off on Wall Street. A report was due later Friday from the U.S. Labor Department on how many workers U.S. employers hired last month. Economists are expecting to see an acceleration in hiring for February. Germany’s DAX lost 1.3% to 23,122.31, while the CAC 40 in Paris declined 0.6% to 8,149.37. Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.2% to 8,662.65. The future for the S&P 500 gained 0.4%, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2%. Bitcoin was trading…