Auto repair shops struggle under Trump's tariffs
Marketplace
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4.6 • 8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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In the “tariffs the Trump administration has announced and actually put into long-term effect” category? A 25% tax on some automotive parts. In this episode, we visit an auto repair shop in Vermont where unexpected price increases are affecting business. Plus: Cities invest in revitalized waterways as recreational moneymakers and the Philly Fed reports manufacturing employment slumped in the region.
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| 0:54.4 | everything secure. On the program today, the past five days in this economy, because, you know, |
| 1:02.4 | it's Friday. Then we got to talk tariffs. But then a little ultimate frisbee. From American |
| 1:09.3 | public media, this is Marketplace. |
| 1:20.5 | In Los Angeles, I'm Kyle Rizzdahl. |
| 1:22.7 | It is Friday. |
| 1:23.7 | Today, this one is the 20th of June. |
| 1:26.2 | Good as always to have you along, everybody. Big |
| 1:28.3 | week this week, you know, geopolitics, of course. The Federal Reserve also, of course. And so, of course, |
| 1:35.9 | we've got Courtney Brown from Axios here, also Citi Brady, the Washington Bureau Chief at MSNBC. Hey, you two. |
| 1:42.7 | Hey, Kai. |
| 1:43.1 | Hey, Kai. Courtney, let me begin with you, and we'll talk Jay Powell first, I suppose. |
| 1:48.8 | Fed meeting this week, the chair came out and in his press conference said what we all |
| 1:53.5 | expected him to say, which is things are fine. |
| 1:55.7 | We need more data. |
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