When the levy doesn’t break: a trade-war world adjusts
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The Trump administration’s dedication to tariffs now seems more fervent than the first time around. Markets are noticing. We ask what might temper the trade war. Europe’s once-fringe hard-right parties are now leading polls, even if not yet leading governments; we look at where things are headed (11:07). And tackling the mythology behind people’s very first and very last words (16:47).
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