China and the U.S. face off in escalating a trade war

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🗓️ 10 April 2025

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President Trump has mostly paused his global trade war, though one country still faces steep tariffs: China. China analyst Bill Bishop joins us to explain how this trade dispute could play out. Then, we speak with Liz Picarazzi, founder and CEO of Citibin, which makes welded aluminum rat-proof trash cans, about manufacturing in Vietnam and China and how tariffs are affecting her business and her costs. And, the National Weather Service has put on hold its use of an automated language translation tool that was used to provide severe weather alerts to people who don't speak English. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researcher and meteorologist Joseph Trujillo-Falcón tells us why the move could put lives at risk.

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0:17.5	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:24.2	No. WBUR Podcasts, Boston. No one wins in a war, but it's proportionality,
0:28.7	and the proportionality for the Chinese is going to be much worse.
0:32.5	The trade war between the U.S. and China is escalating.
0:36.3	Fast.
0:38.3	It's Thursday, April 10th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR Boston.
0:45.3	I'm Shiko Theuri in for Chris Bentley.
1:03.1	Today on the show, President Trump pauses most tariffs on dozens of countries, but increases tariffs on Chinese goods.
1:09.0	We hear how this is impacting a small American business that manufactures products in China.
1:11.6	I probably have some family members and friends that don't even like talking to me anymore
1:13.6	because it's really easy for me to go on a rant about tariffs.
1:18.6	And the National Weather Service stops automated translation services for weather alerts.
1:24.6	We'll get into how this could impact the millions of people in the U.S.
1:28.3	whose first language isn't English.
1:34.3	But first, tariffs. President Trump jacked up taxes on China to 145%. That includes a 20% levy on China
1:43.9	for what the White House claims is its role in fentanyl trafficking.
1:48.1	China retaliated with an 84% tariff on U.S. imports there.
1:52.9	Okay. So how long could this trade spar last? And where is it headed? Scott Tong poses those
1:59.9	questions to Bill Bishop, a China analyst and founder of the
2:04.5	Cynicism newsletter. I think we're very much into a tit-for-tat escalation at this point. I don't think
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