Special Coverage from Marketplace: Selling America

Marketplace Morning Report

American Public Media

News, Business

4.5 • 808 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: We’re in an unprecedented economic moment. But this time really is different. America’s place in the global economy is shifting, and what happens next is going to matter for businesses, consumers and you. This special Marketplace broadcast, hosted by Kai Ryssdal, is focused on helping you understand the scale and scope of the economic change in real time. Here’s what you’ll hear:

Kai interviews experts about what happens when investors and businesses can’t plan, the relationship between tariffs and the return of manufacturing, and what we should think about employment going forward.

On-the-ground stories from small businesses in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington state, California and Iowa.

Reporting from Sabri Ben-Achour, Justin Ho and Kristin Schwab on global trade without the United States, recession forecasting, and the industry that may experience the most tariff pain.

Listener questions about the bond market, tariff revenue, the role of the U.S. dollar, global confidence and much more.

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0:00.0	Starting a business can be overwhelming.
0:03.3	You're juggling multiple roles, designer, marketer, logistics manager, all while bringing your vision to life.
0:10.0	But for millions of businesses, Shopify is the ultimate partner.
0:14.2	Shopify is proud to power many sources of UK e-commerce from brands like Mattel and Jim Shark to new entrepreneurs.
0:21.2	Build a stunning online store with Shopify's ready-to-use templates, boost content with
0:26.6	AI-powered product descriptions, page headlines and enhanced photography.
0:31.9	Marketing is easy with built-in tools for email and social media campaigns.
0:36.9	Plus, Shopify simplifies everything from inventory to shipping and returns.
0:41.9	If you're ready to sell, you're ready for Shopify.
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0:52.8	Try.
0:53.9	Go to Shopify.com.uk.uk slash try. Go to Shopify.com.
0:55.0	at UK slash try. Shopify.com.com. The global economy is by definition, global. Companies and people
1:06.4	and countries buy and sell to and from each other to the tune of trillions of dollars a day.
1:13.2	And until April 2nd, that all happened with as little friction as possible.
1:18.1	But the other thing about the global economy is that it's voluntary.
1:21.9	Countries don't have to buy and sell with other countries if they don't want to.
1:25.9	And since April 2nd, with his tariffs and his other
1:28.6	trade policies, President Trump has been closing America off from the rest of the world. I'm Kai
1:35.0	Rizdahl, and this is a marketplace special podcast, Selling America. You can't take apart a system of
1:41.8	global trade that's been built up over the past 80 years.
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