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Morning Call: Of Truss, Trump and tariffs

Confusion on the right over trade is nothing new.

Apr 08, 2025
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Rachel

Good morning, Rachel here.

The trade war continues – that sound you hear is the ripping up of economics textbooks as countries look at retaliatory measures in response to Donald Trump’s tariff bonanza. The US President has insisted there’s nothing to panic about (tell that to the stock market) and threatened yet more tariffs on China, whose own rea…

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