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NPR News: 04-02-2025 6PM EDT

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

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0:00.0

Hey, it's A. Martinez, a lot of short daily news podcast focus on one story, but sometimes you need a bit bit more.

0:09.4

For Up First on NPR, we bring you the three top world headlines every single day in under 15 minutes,

0:15.6

because no one story can capture all that's happening in this Mundo T'angrande on any given morning. So listen to the up-first podcast from NPR.

0:25.3

Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Donald Trump announced

0:31.6

a sweeping plan to apply a 10% tariff all imports coming into the U.S. And Bior's Franco-Ordonier's reports a list of

0:40.5

countries will also face additional, quote, reciprocal tariffs. Some countries will face reciprocal

0:45.2

tariffs as high as 49 percent, and what some experts describe is the most aggressive

0:50.3

changes to U.S. trade policy in decades. President Trump announced a plan during a

0:55.4

Rose Garden ceremony at the White House. This is one of the most important days, in my opinion,

1:00.9

in American history. It's our Declaration of Economic Independence. U.S. officials say the 10%

1:08.6

tariffs will start April 5th. About 60 countries will face additional,

1:13.2

customized reciprocal tariffs starting on April 9th. Trump boasted the plan would supercharge

1:18.5

the industrial base and boosts government revenues, but most economists warn that tariffs will

1:23.1

raise prices for consumers and could hurt the economy. Franco, Ordojans, NPR News.

1:30.2

The exact extent to which the new Trump administration tariffs will play out in the economy

1:34.2

is an unknown, but if history is any guide, while the tariffs could create jobs in some

1:38.9

sectors, they will also cause job losses and others.

1:43.0

Diane Swank is the chief economist at KPMG U.S.

1:46.2

She says the higher tariffs against goods imported from other countries could essentially

1:49.8

rewrite the way global trade has been conducted, potentially pushing up prices for U.S. consumers.

1:55.3

Tariffs are a regressive tax. Not only do they tax those who can afford at least. They also tend to

2:02.8

trigger reactions by our trading partners and can trigger a trade war. And they cause inflation and

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