Doomed traders: Trump’s tariff fallout

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🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Since Donald Trump announced punishing tariffs on “Liberation Day” last week, stock markets have fallen and governments and businesses scrambled to respond. Our correspondent discusses the impact on the global economy. Do personalised diets really improve gut health (9:16)? And gasp at the science of how seals spend so long underwater without breathing (16:13).

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1:25.4	You may have noticed that gut health is really having a moment,
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