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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Rosie Bloor.

And I'm Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

The rise of hard-right parties in Europe has long been chronicled.

But how exactly is this changing the political landscape?

Our data scientist has some answers.

And there's a cultural temptation to put a lot of weight on someone's very first words,

say, Mama, and on their deathbed last words.

We explore a new book that undoes some of the mythology about both.

Yeah. some of the mythology about both. But first...

You could be forgiven for failing to keep up with all of the news on tariffs in recent days.

It's what trade-minded folk both feared and kind of expected.

President Donald Trump smacks tariffs on both adversaries and allies,

tit-for-tat levies result.

Sometimes Mr. Trump backs down a bit,

or delays things. All of it very mercurial. But there's something different, more determined going on relative to the protectionism of his first term. Markets are already feeling the change. And at this

rate, economies soon will too.

Donald Trump's on again, off again protectionism, seems to have jolted investors into

realizing that he might not actually be good for the markets and the economy.

Rotten Ashandborg is our business affairs editor.

They kept the faith with him and hoped that the upsides of his agenda would offset the

downsides.

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