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Earlier today I brought you Donald Trump's comments overnight on major" tariffs to be announced very shortly" on pharmaceuticals (9:20).

My colleague Lisa O'Carroll looked at the risks such measures could pose for Europe:

Pharmaceutical companies in the EU have warned of a risk of exodus" to the US as stocks in the sector slid around the world on the back of Donald Trump's renewed threat to impose tariffs on US drugs imports.

Drugmakers' shares across Europe and India, another foreign drugs hub, slipped on Wednesday after Trump indicated further carnage was on the way in addition to the 20% reciprocal tariffs" on imports that kicked in overnight.