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NPR News: 04-07-2025 7PM EDT

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🗓️ 7 April 2025

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Even as President Trump promises retaliatory

0:24.7

global tariffs that take effect this week will make America wealthy again, there is growing

0:30.2

unease on Capitol Hill, Wall Street, and Main Street. Republican Senator Ted Cruz has warned

0:36.1

the tariff strategy has enormous risks. And Republican

0:39.2

Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana said the drop in stocks is not good. St.P.R. Maria Aspen

0:44.5

reports some Wall Street heavy hitters are also speaking out. The big headline today was Jamie Diamond,

0:49.0

the CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase. Diamond runs the country's largest bank, and he's one of the most

0:53.6

powerful and

0:54.3

prominent people on Wall Street. And today he published his annual letter to shareholders,

0:58.9

warning that the tariffs will raise prices, slow economic growth, and hurt the country's global

1:04.2

standing. He said his, quote, most serious concern is how this will affect America's long-term

1:10.2

economic alliances.

1:11.8

NPR's Maria Aspen. Trump has given no indication he plans to end the tariffs, saying he's considering even higher tariffs against China.

1:18.7

The first round of the European Union's counter tariffs on U.S. goods will go on to effect April 15th, although the list of goods has not yet been finalized.

1:27.0

From Brussels, Terry Schultz,

1:28.1

reports the EU still says it's open negotiations with the administration on ending the

1:32.5

escalating trade war. As European shares hit a 16-month low, EU foreign and trade ministers

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