President Donald Trump shocked Europe and markets on March 12 when he announced a 30-day ban on travel into the United States from Europe’s border-free-travel Schengen countries. Following his prime-time address to the nation in which he announced this and other government measure to address the COVID-19 pandemic, Wall Street suffered its biggest one-day collapse since the market crash of 1987, while Americans in Europe initially rushed to airports worried they would not be able to return home. The administration has since clarified the outlines of the policy, settling markets a bit and reassuring Americans abroad—but a general EU travel ban remains in place.
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