Supply chain strain, redux

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4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

It’s been one month since President Trump raised tariffs on goods from China. Already, the global supply chain is struggling. In this episode, we’ll hear about plummeting container ship traffic to the U.S. and how small retailers are dealing with limited stock. Plus, how the drayage sector is faring and what all these tariff negotiations will mean for the global economy going forward.

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1:00.8	All right. You know what? Forget the hundred days thing. It's a month today since Tariff Palooza.
1:07.6	Where has that gotten us? From American Public Media, this is Marketplace.
1:13.6	In Los Angeles, I'm Kyle Rizzdall.
1:23.6	It is Friday.
1:24.6	Today, this one is the 2nd of May. Good as always to have you along, everybody.
1:29.8	We are not big on this program on manufactured anniversaries. The biggies? Five years? Ten years? Sure.
1:37.6	Absolutely. But one month? Not usually, unless that month has upended the global economy as we knew it.
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