Trump's Tariff Talks, China's Tariff Response, SCOTUS Probationary Workers

Up First from NPR

NPR

Daily News, News

4.5 • 52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

President Trump's new tariffs went into effect just after midnight as U.S. trade partners seek negotiations. President Trump has raised the import tax on Chinese goods to a minimum of 104 percent. And, the U.S. Supreme Court has said the Trump administration is free to proceed with the firing of 16,000 probationary federal employees for now.

Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.

Today's episode of Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Robbie Griffiths, Anna Yukhananov, Jason Breslow, Lisa Thomson and Janaya Williams.
It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis and our technical director is Carleigh Strange.

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	New tariffs are now a reality.
0:05.3	And President Trump says trade partners are lining up to talk.
0:08.2	We're doing very well in making, I call them tailored deals, not off the rack.
0:12.1	These are tailored, highly tailored deals.
0:14.2	Which countries want to negotiate?
0:16.3	I'm Leila Faudil.
0:17.3	That's A. Martinez.
0:18.2	And this is up first from NPR News.
0:22.4	Now, China is not willing to talk over the 104% tariffs on its goods.
0:28.2	We will not tolerate any attempt to harm China's sovereignty, security, and development interests.
0:34.1	How is China retaliating?
0:35.6	And the Trump administration gets another partial victory from the U.S. Supreme Court.
0:39.3	The court has ruled the federal government can proceed with firing 16,000 probationary employees, at least for now.
0:46.6	Stay with us. We've got all the news you need to start your day.
0:53.8	This message comes from Wise, the app for doing things in other currencies.
0:58.5	Sending or spending money abroad, hidden fees may be taking a cut.
1:02.7	With Wise, you can convert between up to 40 currencies at the mid-market exchange rate.
1:08.1	Visit wise.com. TNCs apply.
1:13.2	This message comes from MintMobile.
1:17.6	MintMobile took what's wrong with wireless and made it right. They offer premium wireless plans for less and all plans include high-speed data, unlimited talk and text, and
1:22.3	nationwide coverage. See for yourself at mintmobile.com slash switch.
1:29.4	This message comes from MintMobile.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 7 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.