Trump’s tariff war demands countervailing force
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🗓️ 17 July 2025
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| 0:00.0 | The views expressed on this podcast are those of the participants, not Arroyd's news. |
| 0:09.1 | We have always been very clear that we prefer a negotiated solution. |
| 0:15.3 | This remains the case, and we will use the time that we have now till the 1st of August. And on the second track, |
| 0:24.7 | since the very beginning, we have worked and now are ready to respond with countermeasures. |
| 0:30.6 | Ursula von der Leyen speaking, as Donald Trump announced 30% tariffs on exports of European goods into the US. |
| 0:39.6 | Yeah, we are sort of right back where we started in terms of our trip to tariff land here. |
| 0:45.2 | If anything, for some countries, it's even worse. |
| 0:48.0 | We have the Trump administration talking about bringing back really steep tariffs on Canadian goods, |
| 0:52.9 | Brazil getting hit with a 50% |
| 0:54.7 | tariff, despite the kind of trade surplus there. You have tariffs on coffee, you have looming |
| 0:59.7 | farmer tariffs. It's been a long time since we've delved into the topic of tariffs or what |
| 1:05.3 | feels like a long time in reality. Only been a few weeks. It seems like a good time to dive back in. |
| 1:10.1 | It's Jonathan. |
| 1:13.4 | And it's Amy, and this is the viewsroom, |
| 1:19.1 | the weekly podcast that delves into the naughtiest business, economics, and finance questions. |
| 1:24.6 | So, Jonathan, I think you said it very well. |
| 1:26.5 | We're kind of back to where we started. |
| 1:29.0 | But again, a looming deadline over the world, August 1st, where we're waiting for, I guess, these tariffs to |
| 1:34.3 | kick in, right? Right. That's the thing. It's funny because I feel like almost in order to make |
| 1:39.9 | it look like this isn't just doing the same thing again. It was framed less as a deadline, |
| 1:44.1 | and more as a this is going to happen, right? You know, Trump started just posting out of nowhere, |
| 1:49.0 | all of these letters that were supposedly sent to heads of state around the world on true |
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