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In a huge electoral upset, the Republican Trump became the 45th president of the United States. The result jolted global markets as investors and business leaders sought to understand how America’s relationship with the world would change. Reaction among world leaders mixed caution and surprise, with governments from Paris to Beijing to Tokyo combining fears about a rise in protectionism with pledges to work with the incoming administration.

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