What Trump wants: More tariffs, less Epstein

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🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

After months of threats, the Trump administration announced this week a slew of heavy tariffs, taxes on imported goods, for major trading partners such as India and Canada. The news came on the heels of the recent announcement of a new trade agreement with the European Union that was widely seen as a lopsided deal in favor of the United States.

Despite angst over President Donald Trump’s tariffs and aggressive approach to trade policy, major trading partners do appear to be ceding some ground to Trump. But how will these policies risk damaging alliances that are already frayed? And how could Trump’s latest trade moves affect U.S. consumers?

Today on “Post Reports’s” weekly politics roundtable, host Colby Itkowitz is joined by Washington Post White House reporter Cat Zakrewski and global economics correspondent David Lynch to discuss the consequences of Trump’s tariffs.

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0:00.0	So, did you hear about the big news out of Canada?
0:05.0	I don't know.
0:06.0	Is it about tariffs or?
0:09.0	Yes, there is some tariff news out of Canada, but what I'm really talking about is that
0:15.0	former Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, had dinner what looked like maybe a romantic dinner with pop star Katie Perry.
0:24.4	What do you think?
0:25.6	I did hear that.
0:27.7	I wasn't invited.
0:30.3	I don't have strong feelings about Justin Trudeau's dating life or Katie Perry's.
0:36.6	I mean, that's totally fair.
0:38.9	I don't know.
0:39.3	I'm Timorlando Bloom, always have been dating back since middle school.
0:43.5	Wow.
0:44.4	That's a deep cut.
0:49.5	From the Newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Report's weekly political roundtable.
0:54.2	I'm Colby Echowitz. It's Friday, August 1st.
0:57.4	I'm joined this week by the Post's global economics correspondent, David Lynch.
1:01.5	Hey, David.
1:02.3	Morning.
1:03.0	And we're also here with White House reporter Katzikreski.
1:05.4	Hey, Kat.
1:05.9	Hey, thanks for having me on the show.
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