Will Trump stand firm on his tariff deadlines?
Americast
BBC
4.2 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
President Trump has said he’s holding firm strong on his deadline this Friday for tariffs to go into effect on nations that do not come to new trade agreements with his administration.
“THE AUGUST FIRST DEADLINE IS THE AUGUST FIRST DEADLINE – IT STANDS STRONG, AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED,” he wrote on Truth Social.
So what can we expect this Friday? Will the US president be true to his word? Sarah and Anthony are joined by BBC North America business correspondent Erin Delmore to chew this over - and they analyse the US-EU trade deal that was reached on Sunday.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, AmeriCasters. I've got a question for you. What do you really think about AmeriCast? |
| 0:04.5 | The team at the worldwide headquarters are doing some research to find out what you like and indeed what you don't like. |
| 0:11.7 | So if you want to help shape the future of the podcast, you can answer some questions. |
| 0:16.0 | The link is in the description. |
| 0:18.3 | And if you want to type it into your browser you can do that as well. |
| 0:21.6 | It's b.it.ly. That is bit.ly and then forward slash Americast Feedback, all one word. |
| 0:29.5 | Bit.ly forward slash Americast Feedback or one word. But now though, time for another episode. |
| 0:36.3 | BBC Sounds. Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:40.0 | All right, today's episode is all about deadlines. |
| 0:43.1 | Donald Trump loves them. |
| 0:44.7 | Journalists hate them. |
| 0:45.9 | Oh, how he hates them. |
| 0:47.5 | Sarah, I've got a deadline for you. |
| 0:49.4 | You've got 30 seconds to explain what today's podcast is really about. I got my phone here and ready, |
| 0:57.7 | set, go. Okay, we're going to be talking about tariffs and trade deals because coming up on |
| 1:04.7 | Friday is the deadline for most countries to have reached a trade deal or to be subjected to |
| 1:10.2 | quite high import tariffs. |
| 1:12.3 | The 12th of August is another coming deadline. That's the end of the 90-day truce between the US and |
| 1:17.3 | China on trade. We're also going to be talking about the European and American trade deal, |
| 1:23.0 | who came out on top of that and asking, have we all changed our minds and whether tariffs are a good |
| 1:28.0 | or a bad thing for the economy? How did I do? |
| 1:30.5 | 31 seconds. All right, so you're pretty close to your deadline there. I think, like a good |
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