A new economic agenda takes shape in Washington
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🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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This morning, we’re continuing to discuss the start of President Donald Trump’s second term. Trump is set to meet with Republican Congressional leaders today as they map out his legislative agenda, and he’s already issued a wide-ranging series of executive orders. We’ll dig in and hear how bond markets are responding. Also: A new lending program helps Texans brace for extreme weather. And, can improv help facilitate healthy dialogues?
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| 0:54.4 | everything secure. A new economic agenda takes shape in Washington as we get into day two. |
| 1:02.5 | I'm David Brancaccio. President Trump is set to meet with Republican congressional leaders today |
| 1:07.7 | to try to map out his legislative agenda. The president issued wide-ranging series |
| 1:12.8 | of executive orders soon after taking office. Many connected to his economic agenda. Marketplaces |
| 1:18.2 | Nova Safo has more. For all of the talk of what was to come on day one of the second Trump term, |
| 1:24.1 | what actually came of it was rather muted, at least as far as economic policy is concerned. |
| 1:29.7 | We heard just going to be tariffs on day one. I didn't see tariff policy. |
| 1:33.8 | Mark Goldwine is Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible |
| 1:38.6 | Federal Budget, a nonpartisan think tank. Trump did float the idea of potentially imposing |
| 1:44.1 | 25% tariffs on Mexico |
| 1:46.1 | and Canada by February 1st. He said nothing about more tariffs on Chinese imports. |
| 1:52.1 | And on lowering consumer prices... |
| 1:54.6 | He directed all the agencies to start having prices front of mind. That's a reasonable ask. |
| 2:02.7 | Does it solve inflation? Does it even reduce inflation? No. Trump also ordered a pause in spending money from the bipartisan |
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