Another day, another tariff switch-up
Make Me Smart
Marketplace
4.6 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
The world woke up to a very different economy today. Then, President Trump announced a 90-day pause on his latest round of tariffs. The news was annouced as the official in charge of U.S. trade policy was testifying on Capitol Hill. We’ll break down the trade official’s tense exchange with lawmakers and the real consequences of this week’s market madness. Plus, we’ll laugh so we don’t cry about the economy.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
"U.S. Trade Rep. Testifies on Pres. Trump's Trade & Tariff Agenda" from CSPAN
"Live updates: Trump orders 90-day pause on new tariffs except for China" from CNN Politics
Bluesky post from Jeva Lange
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I feel like we need to get like all of our profanity out of the way during the pre-roll. |
| 0:05.2 | Well, you know, that's what the bleep buttons for you. |
| 0:09.5 | Let's go. |
| 0:10.2 | That's, you know. |
| 0:13.1 | Or maybe some good old-fashioned cussing is what it's for. |
| 0:18.5 | That's what the E thing is for. |
| 0:20.3 | And if there was ever a day where the E thing is justified, this is it. |
| 0:26.6 | Even Peter Sagal said on the socials today, I just think economists ought to be swearing more. |
| 0:32.6 | That's all I'm saying. |
| 0:34.1 | That's all I'm saying. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm Kai. |
| 0:36.1 | It's Make Me Smart Wednesday, April 9th. |
| 0:38.6 | I'm Kimberly Adams. |
| 0:40.5 | Thank you, everybody, for joining us. |
| 0:43.5 | What the actual... |
| 0:44.8 | I don't know. |
| 0:46.6 | I don't know. I don't know. |
| 0:49.4 | Your news item was, what the actual... |
| 0:52.1 | Mine was, AY, FKM. |
| 0:55.3 | So, look, we should tell people what happened. |
| 0:58.0 | Because maybe they've known already |
| 0:59.6 | because they saw the markets, but look, so here's what |
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