Counting the ways tariffs disrupt our economy

Marketplace

American Public Media

Business, News

4.6 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

For the first few years of the pandemic, businesses navigated a backed-up global supply chain that left some with excess inventory and others with no inventory at all. Tariffs may cause similar issues: Companies are stocking up on imports, and prices will likely rise. In this episode, business owners compare this economic moment to early-COVID supply snarls. Plus: Trade tensions are causing a drop in oil prices and stoking confusion in the steel industry. Also: The first installment of our series about how Altadena, California, businesses will rebuild after the devasting wildfire.

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0:00.0	If you've shopped online, chances are you've bought from a business powered by Shopify.
0:05.6	You know that purple shop pay button you see at checkout?
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0:11.1	That's Shopify.
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0:19.8	Shopify is the commerce platform behind millions of
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0:32.8	Sign up for a one pound per month trial and start selling today at Shopify.com.
0:37.9	com.
0:37.9	UK slash Marketplace 22.
0:40.6	Go to Shopify.com.
0:42.3	UK slash Marketplace 22.
0:47.6	How are tariffs affecting this economy?
0:51.7	Let us count the ways.
0:54.4	From American Public Media, this is Marketplace.
1:07.6	In Los Angeles, I'm Kyle.
1:09.9	It is Tuesday, today the 15th day of April.
1:13.4	Good as always to have you along, everybody.
1:16.3	Yeah, so I'm not actually going to count the ways that President Trump's trade policy is affecting this economy because the show is only half an hour.
1:24.0	But ways number one, two, and three for us today are in this order, supply chains,
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