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The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

Trump Promises Global Trade War

The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

The Socialist Program

Politics, News

4.7587 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode Brian and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss Trump's economic program, including his threats to impose massive tariffs on Deere's farming equipment if they move operations to Mexico as planned.


Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.


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0:00.0

Donald Trump threatens a 200% tariff, if elected, on deer farm equipment if they move

0:09.9

operations as planned to Mexico. And he has outlined further tariffs on China. Today, we are

0:17.7

talking about what to expect from Donald Trump's economic policy and his economic program, should he be reelected in November.

0:27.3

We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. The We are excited to have Professor Richard Wolfe join us again for our regular weekly segment,

1:08.0

where we talk about the biggest stories related to the economy, the state

1:11.9

of the working class, and the crimes of big business.

1:15.4

I'm your host, Brian Becker.

1:17.3

The Socialist Program brings you content several days a week.

1:20.7

Thanks to the support of our patrons at patreon.com forward slash the socialist program.

1:27.3

We appreciate all of your support and encourage you

1:30.7

if you're not yet to become a patron today. Richard Wolfe is the co-founder of the organization

1:36.7

Democracy at Work. He's the author of many books, including Understanding Capitalism, which is now

1:43.6

available at Democracy at Work.Info.

1:47.3

Professor Wolfe, welcome back.

1:49.3

Thank you very much, Brian.

1:50.8

Glad to be here.

1:52.6

Well, let's talk about Donald Trump's economic policy or program.

1:56.8

I want to talk about whether this is just campaign hoopla about Donald Trump bringing jobs back

2:02.6

or whether it really is a significant difference from the current administration,

2:08.0

the Biden-Harris administration.

2:10.6

Regarding Mexico, of course, in 1994, January 1st, the NAFTA-N North Atlantic Free Trade Alliance or Agreement went into effect.

2:21.7

That was free trade, so-called, between Mexico, Canada, and the United States.

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