FT News Briefing

Swamp Notes: The costs of Trump’s tariffs

Swamp Notes: The costs of Trump’s tariffs

FT News Briefing


Published: 5 April 2025 at 05:00 Europe/London

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Episode notes

This week the US imposed new tariffs on most of the world. The FT’s US national editor Ed Luce joins us to analyze why they are baffling economists and worrying markets. Ed’s take? The US is taking itself out of the globalised economic system it built, and the consequences could be grave. 


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Swamp Notes is produced by Katya Kumkova. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson. 


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