Trump’s Tariffs: China Vows to “Fight to The End”
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4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at how far China is willing to go in retaliation against President Trump’s tariffs?
Beijing has vowed to “fight to the end” after President Trump threatened to nearly double the tariffs on China. How far could the trade war go? And, how would big tariffs on Chinese goods impact people in the UK? James is joined by Ian Williams, author of the Fire of the Dragon, China’s New Cold War and Sophia Gaston, visiting fellow at Kings College London.
Plus, President Trump says the US is having direct nuclear talks with Iran on Saturday. Why now? And what does it mean for tensions in the Middle East? James is joined by Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, newscasters. |
| 0:06.0 | We're going to be doing a Q&A later this week. |
| 0:08.8 | So please keep sending in your questions, anything tariff-related. |
| 0:13.4 | And we're especially keen to hear from you if you're a business or in an industry that's being impacted by these tariffs. |
| 0:20.7 | Please let us know, tell us about it. |
| 0:22.7 | And someone's already been in touch, Graham from Edinburgh on WhatsApp, who says, |
| 0:26.5 | Hi, Newscast, love the show, and I enjoyed Monday's episode. |
| 0:29.8 | Thank you, Graham. |
| 0:30.9 | James interviewed an American commentator, and I was left thinking we need to be listening |
| 0:34.4 | more to Chinese commentators and experts rather than American |
| 0:38.6 | ones. Can you oblige? Well, yes, we can, Graham. We have some experts on China and they're |
| 0:45.2 | coming up on this episode of Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. I like landscapes. I don't think |
| 0:52.1 | I'm being rude. Japping, unemployed people who are overweight. That is not the agenda. |
| 0:56.6 | It's the fun police working overtime. The star is born. Elon. |
| 1:00.8 | So, perked that a miracle with us happening. Frankly, I think we need a British Trump. |
| 1:04.7 | Take me down to Downing Street. Let's go have a tour. Blimey. Hello, it's James in the newscast studio. |
| 1:11.6 | And yesterday, as we were discussing the impact of President Trump's tariffs on the whole world, |
| 1:16.6 | pretty much as we were recording, the president said he was going to go even further, potentially, |
| 1:21.6 | and slap even tougher tariffs on China. |
| 1:25.6 | And then, on Monday night, we had China's response to that, and they were |
| 1:29.8 | not lying down. They said they were going to fight to the end. So it looks like this trade war |
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