Protectionist racket: trade-war rhetoric
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 31 May 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | News of the global climate crisis can leave us feeling helpless. |
| 0:05.0 | Too much negativity can trigger our eco-anxiety, |
| 0:08.0 | leaving us paralyzed when we need to act. |
| 0:11.0 | This is why EONNEXT is in search of better news to power up for change. |
| 0:16.0 | According to a CBI report, the transition to a greener economy is boosting UK growth, |
| 0:22.0 | with 71 billion pounds of jobs and investment being brought to the UK's industrial towns. |
| 0:28.0 | If you're feeling impacted by eco-anxiety, EONNEXT have created a range of resources such as green noise soundscapes. |
| 0:36.0 | Just search power up for change in your podcasting app. |
| 0:46.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host Jason Palmer. |
| 0:51.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:59.0 | This weekend, the world's airline executives meet in South Korea. |
| 1:03.0 | The biggest topic, the complete grounding of Boeing's 737 MAX planes, |
| 1:08.0 | which have been involved in two fatal crashes. |
| 1:11.0 | The aerospace giant may well recover, |
| 1:13.0 | but the tragedy's could force a reshuffle in how air safety is regulated. |
| 1:18.0 | And we pay a visit to Venice's Biennale. |
| 1:21.0 | The exhibition engulfs the city every two years |
| 1:24.0 | and is a particularly pointed reflection of what artists make of the world. |
| 1:28.0 | No surprise then that notions of immigration and climate change figure in strongly this year. |
| 1:38.0 | But first... |
| 1:44.0 | Tomorrow, retaliatory tariffs imposed by China on $60 billion worth of American goods will take effect. |
| 1:52.0 | The latest set of American tariffs imposed three weeks ago will start to bite too, |
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