Smartphones Exempt From Tariffs… For Now & Meta vs. FTC in Antitrust Trial

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🗓️ 14 April 2025

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Episode 560: Neal and Toby review the exemption for smartphones, computers, and other electronics from Trump’s reciprocal tariffs since a massive portion of our electronic manufacturing comes from overseas. Then, the US dollar and bond market has tumbled in the last few weeks, leading to world markets selling off all-things USA. Also, Meta has its day in court against the FTC, who accuses it of using antitrust ways to squash its competitors. Meanwhile, the resale market is booming and golfers are eyeing the coveted green Masters jacket, making it the weekend’s winners. Finally, what you need to know in the week ahead. 00:00 - Vote for Macy and Dan at the Webby’s! 2:15 - Tariff exemptions…for now 7:00 - Sell USA era? 10:40 - Meta vs. FTC trial 15:00 - Winner: Resale market 17:30 - Winner: Masters’ green jacket 21:00 - Week Ahead Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Visit https://planetoat.com/ to learn more! Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Race the rudder, raise the sails, raise the sales!
0:05.0	Captain, an unidentified ship approaching, over.
0:07.0	Roger that.
0:08.0	Wait, is that an enterprise sales solution?
0:13.0	Reach sales professionals, not professional sailors.
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0:21.4	To get 100 pounds off your first campaign, go to LinkedIn.com slash lead to claim your credit.
0:26.7	That's LinkedIn.com slash lead. Terms and conditions apply.
0:30.6	Good morning, Bird Daily show. I'm Neil Fryman.
0:33.6	And I'm Toby Howell.
0:34.4	Today, meta heads to court to fight for its right to keep Instagram and WhatsApp.
0:38.3	Then at Trump gave the electronics business a welcome reprieve from the most punitive tariffs.
0:43.3	Only to clarify that psych, it's gonna be short-lived. It's Monday, April 14th. Let's ride.
0:50.3	Good morning. Welcome back to the week. To kick off the show, we want to give a huge shout
0:59.0	out to our co-workers and incredible business creators, Macy Gilliam and Dan Toomey, who have been
1:04.3	nominated for Webby Awards, aka the Best of the Internet. Dan was nominated for his hilarious
1:10.2	good work series, which explores
1:11.9	big questions like, what does Palantir actually do? And is Zinn going to kill me and the boys?
1:18.3	Macy was nominated for her incredible video in which she worked as a New York City hot dog cart vendor
1:23.7	for the day. You can head to the Webby website to vote or check out the Brew
1:27.7	newsletter this morning for the direct links. We sit next to these people every day and basically
1:32.8	just hear them giggled to themselves as they cook up some of the funniest but also the most
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