All three major US stock indexes sold off sharply in the wake of Donald Trump's remarks on China. Photo: AP PHOTO

Wall Street has tanked after US President Donald Trump rattled markets by unleashing a string of bellicose threats against China after Beijing tightened its rare earth restrictions.

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In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he is weighing a "massive" tariff increase on Chinese imports and said there is no reason to meet with China's President Xi Jinping in two weeks as planned, adding there are "many other countermeasures" under consideration.

The tirade shocked markets and

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