Trump’s Tariff U-turn

The president has paused the introduction of higher tariffs on
goods from most countries, but continues to ramp up the trade war
with China.


What caused the change of heart? Nick speaks to the BBC’s
Economics Editor Faisal Islam. (2:19)


And before the news about the pause on those tariffs broke Nick
was joined by Carla Sands, a former economic advisor to Donald
Trump who was US Ambassador to Denmark, to find out what he is
trying to achieve with his trade policy. Does the president want
things to be made in America or are the tariffs designed to make
money by putting a tax on the price of imported goods? (15:18)


He also asked her about the row between Elon Musk and Trump’s
trade advisor Pete Navarro after the Tesla boss called him a
“moron”.


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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson who
are both presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Amol was
the BBC’s media editor for six years and is the former editor of
the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University
Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he
was the BBC’s political editor for ten years before that and also
previously worked as ITV’s political editor.


This episode was made by Lewis Vickers with Izzy Rowley. Digital
production was by Izzy Rowley. The technical producers were Mike
Regaard and Graham White. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The
executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.