It's only been five days in this economy, right?

Because it sure feels like longer.

From American public media, this is Marketplace.

In Los Angeles, I'm Kyle Rizzdall.

It is Friday today, the 14th of March.

Good as always to have you along, everybody.

I think it's fair to say the economic weeks are all starting to run together.

Can't really tell one from to other, but by golly, we are going to try. David

Garz at Bloomberg, Anna Swanson, is at the New York Times. Hey, you two. Hey, Kai.

David, remind us where you are. I am in Charlevoix, Quebec, which is where the G7 foreign

ministers were meeting this week. So I'm about two hours north of Quebec City on the St. Lawrence

Seaway. Give us the global economic vibe, would you vis-a-vis these United States?

Total stupefication at what's happening here, mixed with outrage and bewilderment.

You know, tariffs and trade policy were not on the official agenda for this meeting.

A lot of focus on Russia, Ukraine, the Middle East, but this was the backdrop.

And everyone was just kind of looking at their feet, wondering how the geopolitical terrain had

shifted and changed so much. And also looking at the United States, this longstanding ally

of all of these countries, obviously a member of this multilateral alliance and just wondering

what's caused this,

why is it happening, and what's going to happen next? How much is this going to continue ratcheting up?

Yeah, I laughed when you said stupefication because that's really the only word I can think of.

Anna Swanson, the question is, of course, with that as the backdrop, President Trump is playing a

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