As markets implode, US trading partners puzzle over whether there’s room for negotiations

BANGKOK (AP) — The impact of U.S. President Donald Trump'sblast of tariff hikes was reverberating across world markets Monday as America's trading partners puzzled over whether there is room for negotiating better deals. Several countries said they were sending trade officials to Washington to try to talk through the crisis, which has cast uncertainty over the global economic outlook, hammered markets and left U.S. allies wondering about the value of their ties with the world’s largest economy. However, Germany's economy minister, Robert Habeck, was defiant as he arrived at a meeting of European Union trade ministers in Luxembourg, saying the…