Tariff worries rattle markets

From the BBC World Service: Stock markets in Asia took a hit as traders look ahead to U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called “liberation day” on April 2, when a raft of tariffs are expected to be announced. Plus, a court in Paris has convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement, and a cryptocurrency company plans to roll out small power plants to rural villages in Africa to provide electricity and mine for bitcoin.

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