Import-extort: what to make of Donald Trump’s titanic tariffs

After months of bluster, he’s finally done it. At a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, Donald Trump overturned decades of American trade policy with a simple signature. The new wave of trade restrictions , if implemented in full, will raise tariffs to the highest level in more than a century. So how bad could it get? Hosts: Mike Bird and Ethan Wu. Guests: The Economist ’s Simon Rabinovitch; and Douglas Irwin, a professor of economics at Dartmouth College. Transcripts of our podcasts are available via economist.com/podcasts . Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—

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Import-extort: what to make of Donald Trump’s titanic tariffs is an episode from The Economist: Money talks by The Economist.

This episode is 46:35 long.

This episode was published on Apr 3, 2025.

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