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Duties bound: a Trump-tariff smackdown

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The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.44.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The US Court of International Trade ruled that Donald Trump’s so-called fentanyl and Liberation Day tariffs constituted executive overreach. Now what? Artificial intelligence is on a wild ride through a well-known hype cycle—and is arriving at a “trough of disillusionment” (8:49). And a new book about Xi Jinping’s father reveals much about the Chinese president himself (16:42).


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0:00.0

A likable young girl who's burned her family home to the ground, a man with no memory of the night he killed his wife,

0:06.0

a teenager whose visions and voices have had murderous effect.

0:09.8

From Broadmoor to the Old Bailey, these are the true stories from the casebook of Britain's leading forensic psychiatrist,

0:16.6

described as engrossing by Dr. Richard Shepard, gripping, by the Irish Independent, and, as tense as a thriller by the Daily Mail.

0:24.1

The Criminal Mind by Dr. Duncan Harding is available now in paperback, e-book and audiobook.

0:33.5

The Economist

0:36.6

The Economist.

0:45.3

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

0:47.3

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

0:57.0

Artificial intelligence has a long academic backstory,

1:00.0

in which early promises weren't kept,

1:02.0

enthusiasm faded, and the field entered what was called the AI Winter.

1:07.0

Recently, of course, it resurged,

1:09.0

but once again, in the business world, disillusionment is spreading.

1:13.6

And, as our subscriber-only series The Prince showed, understanding President Xi Jinping's background and beliefs is really hard.

1:22.6

The host of that series says a new book, all about Mr. C's father, is a startlingly revealing look into his life.

1:34.3

First up, though.

1:39.3

I always say tariffs is the most beautiful word to me in the dictionary. Then I was reprimanded by the fake news.

1:48.0

They said, what about love, religion and God?

1:51.0

I said, I agree.

1:53.0

Let's put God number one.

1:55.0

Let's put religion number two.

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