The US stock market experienced its largest drop since the coronavirus pandemic following President Donald Trump's decision to start a trade war by imposing import duties on goods from all countries worldwide. On April 3rd, Boeing shares fell by 10.47%, Walt Disney - by 9.24%, and Goldman Sachs - by 9.21%. Significant declines were also seen in Caterpillar (-8.64%), Cisco (-7.30%), Chevron (-6.22%), and JPMorgan (-6.97%). The S&P 500 index dropped 3.45% to 5,475.54 points. The technology index Nasdaq 100 fell by 4.12%, while the Nasdaq Composite decreased by 4.74%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined by 3.3% to 40,825.66 points. Overall market capitalization of companies listed on US exchanges contracted by $2.5 trillion on April 3rd. Participants in the list of 500 richest people according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI) lost a total of $208 billion. The largest losses were recorded for Meta Corporation founder Mark Zuckerberg ($17.9 billion), Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($15.9 billion), and SpaceX founder Elon Musk ($11 billion). Gold reached a record price of $3,162 per ounce. While gold showed an increase, futures on West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil fell by 1.4 percent to $70.73 per barrel. June Brent crude oil futures also indicate a decline. Bitcoin's price increased by 0.7%, trading above $84,000 compared to the pre-Trump speech price of $87,000. Ethereum dropped by 5.42%, XRP showed a decrease of 6.68 percent, and BNB fell in value by 5.63%. Stablecoin Tether USDT saw almost no change in price, showing an increase of 0.01%.