Larry Fink warns ‘protectionism has returned with force’ as Trump tariffs loom

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BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink told shareholders in the world’s largest asset manager that “protectionism has returned with force”, days before US President Donald Trump is set to escalate a tariffs war with America’s trading partners.

Fink, whose annual letter is pored over by investors and executives across the corporate world, said his conversations…