Pulp friction: the trade war bites Apple
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The Economist
4.4 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
As Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs take effect, our correspondent explains how one of America’s most profitable companies may navigate the trade war. Are class divides in Britain softening (9:28)? And Republican influencers define what it is to be a conservative woman (16:08).
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| 0:00.0 | The Economist |
| 0:02.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Rosie Bloor |
| 0:15.0 | and I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:17.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:25.0 | We all know that British society is riven with class divides. Or perhaps not. According to a new |
| 0:32.1 | study, it may be more integrated than you think, particularly if you compare it to America. |
| 0:39.3 | And there used to be a big part of the online world that was blissfully free of politics. |
| 0:44.3 | Food and fashion and travel influencers just kept their alignments to themselves. |
| 0:49.3 | That's changing as a generation of conservative influencers comes out and is proud. |
| 1:01.5 | First up, though. |
| 1:08.8 | The global trade war is on. |
| 1:11.7 | At midnight, America's sweeping tariffs came into force. |
| 1:15.7 | Speaking at the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner, |
| 1:19.0 | Donald Trump said that some countries have tried to negotiate. |
| 1:22.8 | I'm telling you, these countries are calling us up, kissing my ass. |
| 1:27.1 | They are, they are dying to make a deal. ass. They are dying to make a deal. |
| 1:30.0 | Please, please, I'll make a deal. I'll do anything. But others have retaliated, and none more |
| 1:35.6 | fiercely than China, which has vowed to fight to the end. In an escalating conflict, |
| 1:41.8 | Chinese goods entering the U.S. now carry a levy of 104%. |
| 1:46.0 | In Trump's first term, he granted some companies an exemption from American tariffs. |
| 1:52.0 | This time, there is no such reprieve. |
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