Tariffs muddy the future of the global oil market

Marketplace

American Public Media

Business, News

4.6 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

If President Donald Trump’s tariffs stymie the U.S. economy — which would, in turn, slow the global economy — oil demand will fall. And we're already operating at a surplus. In this episode, why the oil market tea leaves are difficult to read right now. Plus: Trump takes an “unprecedented” hands-on approach to Big Tech business dealings, and tariffs on semiconductors will make electronics more expensive. And, despite a six-year period of steep overall inflation, some prices have dropped. Can you guess which ones?

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0:48.6	Capitalism, mostly from American public media.
0:54.0	This is Marketplace.
1:04.1	I'm Kai Rizdahl. It is Monday.
1:06.2	Today, this one's the 11th of August.
1:08.1	Good as always to have you along, everybody.
1:09.9	There is something, well, interesting for want of a better word, happening in American capitalism right now.
1:18.3	We learned over the weekend the Financial Times had the scoop that President Trump has convinced the chip giants
1:23.3	Nvidia and advanced microdevices to send 15% of the proceeds from certain of their chip sales
1:29.2	to China straight to the United States Treasury. That is the most recent, but by no means,
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