Trump’s Tariffs: The Preview
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at how the UK and the rest of the world have been bracing themselves for Trump’s sweeping global tariffs.
The exact details of the tariffs remain unclear so leaders are left to wonder: how big is this going to be? Adam and Chris speak to Caitríona Perry, Chief Presenter for BBC News in DC about how Keir Starmer will balance the delicate line between the UK’s interests and it’s relationship with the US President.
And, people across the UK are seeing their bills going up. Financial Times journalist, Claer Barrett is in the studio to guide us through why this is happening and what we can do to lessen the blow.
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| 0:16.1 | I will read out some of your suggestions to Chris in a moment. |
| 0:19.0 | But we're going to start off today's episode by talking |
| 0:21.2 | about the looming big news from America, what Donald Trump is calling Liberation Day, his big |
| 0:26.2 | announcement about a big set of tariffs, import taxes on goods from around the world going to America. |
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| 0:55.3 | Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio. |
| 0:57.5 | And shortly we're going to be talking about the fact that loads of people are getting bills |
| 1:01.7 | with quite big increases built into them in the UK. |
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