Trump’s Tariffs: The Beginning

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump’s baseline 10% tariffs come into force.

Today, we’re back to tariffs. Now that the Trump administration's baseline 10% import tariffs have come into effect, what comes next for the global, US and UK economies? Laura is joined by Americast’s Justin Webb and Stephanie Flanders, former BBC economics editor now at Bloomberg, to crunch the numbers and the politics driving them. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9 New episodes are released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was hosted by Laura Kuenssberg. It was made by Jon Bithrey and Bella Saltiel. The technical producer is Gareth Jones. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:04.8	So, as it happens, Paddy is in Texas.
0:07.3	Now, he's not actually in Texas checking out tariffs.
0:09.7	However, I'm hoping he'll come back with exciting reports of what it was being like,
0:13.6	being in the United States, the week that the United States changed the world.
0:17.6	So instead of Paddy, I'm delighted to be joined by two very, very, very
0:22.6	superior companions for a Saturday afternoon. And I've been suggested to call them the
0:27.2	former's, but I think that's rude. However, if I was going to say the former, I would say
0:31.5	Stephanie Flanders, a former BBC economics editor and Justin Webb, the former BBC America editor. And they've also said, I should say,
0:39.7	I'm the former political editor, but I think it's much more fun for you to introduce yourselves
0:43.1	with the excellent jobs you do now. So, Stephanie. I am now head of economics and politics at Bloomberg
0:49.5	and also host of the Trumponomics podcast, which becomes more and more relevant by the week.
0:57.5	That was a good early spot. And Justin, as if you need an introduction.
1:03.0	Well, look, I'm happy to be former. I'm very former, but I present for my sins or one of the presenters of AmeriCast. And, you know, we have had a year where a podcast that I thought,
1:09.5	oh, I wonder if that will last for a month that it'd be fun
1:11.8	to do, has now taken over most of my life. There you go. There you go. And that humble little
1:16.9	radio for a program today. Well, let's get on with the Saturday edition of Newscast, a very special
1:21.6	one for you coming up. Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. I like landscapes. I don't think I'm being rude.
1:28.2	Japping.
1:28.9	Unemployed people who are overweight.
1:30.7	That is not the agenda.
1:32.0	It's the fun police working overtime.
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