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#MARKETS: SLOWDOWN SECOND QUARTER? LIZ PEEK THE HILL. FOX NEWS AND FOX BUSINESS

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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#MARKETS: SLOWDOWN SECOND QUARTER?  LIZ PEEK THE HILL. FOX NEWS AND FOX BUSINESS
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0:00.0

This is CBSI on the world.

0:05.8

I'm John Baps with Elizabeth Peake, my colleague.

0:08.3

Tariffs.

0:09.6

The tariffs against Mexico and Canada at this point are engaged.

0:15.4

The markets are responding poorly to the idea that there is an ambition here to resolve the trade imbalance with our trading partners.

0:27.1

The tariffs on China, I'm told by the F.T. this morning have also been imposed, and China's answered,

0:35.1

but in a muted fashion. Meanwhile, the anger in Canada is palpable.

0:39.7

We can read it in English.

0:41.6

I believe some of the premieres of some of the provinces

0:44.7

are threatening to cut electricity off to Upper New York.

0:47.8

There's a threat.

0:49.1

In any event, the Mexico story is the one that's driving

0:52.6

much of the concern about fentanyl.

0:55.0

Liz, how many times do we have to say your border is not solved?

0:59.4

How many times do we have to go to Mexico City and say,

1:02.2

we're not fooled by Chinese companies taking on Mexican masks in order to sell into the U.S. market?

1:08.8

Do they not understand what we're saying?

1:11.5

Thank you, Liz.

1:13.1

Well, the markets aren't particularly clear on what we're saying.

1:18.7

And I think President Trump really has to explain to the American people

1:23.8

that there is a long-term gain here and that there is going to be near-term volatility.

1:29.9

There's going to be this trade war.

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