207. What happened on Trump’s tariff day

Trade Talks | PIIE by Peterson Institute for International Economics

Apr 4, 202529:16News & Politics

Soumaya Keynes (Financial Times) joins to cohost an emergency episode explaining President Trump’s sweeping April 2 tariff announcement. Bown and Keynes turn to Douglas A. Irwin on history, Maurice Obstfeld on the US dol...

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