Tariffs Become Reality

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🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The Trump administration’s 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico are now in effect. Is this a negotiation tactic? A new long-term reality? (00:21) Jason Moser and Ricky Mulvey discuss: - The impacts of tariffs on investors and companies. - If Target is a value play. - Okta’s market opportunity in security verification. Then, (17:20) Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp offer financial planning tips for solopreneurs. Companies discussed: HD, TSM, TGT, OKTA Build your Range Rover Sport at www.landroverusa.com Host: Ricky Mulvey Guests: Jason Moser, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp Producer: Mary Long Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The tariffs hit the floor. You're listening to Motley Fool Money.
0:08.0	I'm Ricky Mulvey, joined today by, you know, I'll call you my domestic trading partner,
0:25.4	trading partner of opinions. It's Jason Moser. Thanks for being here, man.
0:29.1	Ricky, thanks for having me. Always a pleasure.
0:31.7	Sometimes we try to avoid the tariff stuff, but today it is unavoidable. We got to address this
0:36.4	head on, J-Mo. And this is subject to
0:39.3	change by the time we are recording this at 1.30 p.m. Eastern 1130 mountain time for the three of us
0:45.3	who live out here. But subjects between this recording and the time you're listening, President
0:50.3	Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico have taken effect.
0:55.4	Today was the deadline.
0:56.4	Now it's 20% on Chinese goods.
0:58.8	That was up from 10 just a few weeks ago.
1:01.6	And in response, we're getting some tit for tat retaliatory tariffs.
1:05.5	China announced those on agricultural products.
1:08.8	Canada is going to tariff more than $100 billion worth of American goods
1:12.6	over the next three weeks. That's according to the AP. Mexico President Claudia Shinebaum says
1:17.5	she will announce her response on Sunday. Oh boy. Trade war is usually bad for everyone, J. Mo. What do you
1:24.2	make of this actually happening and not being a negotiating tactic with the can getting kicked down the road?
1:31.1	Well, I do like your point there. I mean, it's just sort of as the information is coming out, right?
1:36.9	It seems like this is changing not just by the day, but by the hour.
1:41.5	So tomorrow we could wake up and face a completely different headline.
1:45.8	But I mean, I think the general consensus is this is politics, right? I mean, tariffs are a long
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