‘The most beautiful word in the dictionary’: Donald Trump’s tariff plan

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🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Guardian US business editor Dominic Rushe explains why the president-elect wants to impose tariffs on imports, and the risks it poses to the economy. Senior China correspondent Amy Hawkins talks through the potential of a wider retaliatory trade war with China.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:08.8	Today, the coming trade war between Donald Trump's America and the rest of the world.
0:18.9	Today in focus is supported by Salesforce.
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1:25.4	There are lots of views that Donald Trump has adopted late in life that seem like an awkward fit.
1:34.4	The Bible means a lot to me, but I don't want to get into specifics.
1:37.8	Even to cite a verse that you like.
1:39.2	No, I don't want to do that.
1:40.0	You're an Old Testament guy or a New Testament guy?
1:41.9	Probably equal.
1:44.5	But there's one thing on which he has been consistent for decades.
1:48.9	Trump is a true believer in tariffs.
1:52.0	Here he is in an interview in 1987.
1:55.0	The fact is that you don't have free trade.
1:57.3	We think of it as free trade, but you right now don't have free trade.
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