April 03, 2025

It’s Strictly Business? Trump’s Tariffs & the Erosion of Trust in the United States

Donald Trump is billing April 2 as "Liberation Day", when the United States sheds the shackles of unfair competition thanks to worldwide tariffs. We test the veracity of the US president’s worldview and ask: how much is theatrics that will play well in constituencies where manufacturing jobs have disappeared? How much is a genuine sense of grievance? Or has the world’s top superpower simply grown tired of playing guarantor of global free trade? Joining the discussion, Edward Fishman, a senior adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security.

Listen to the full episode on France24.

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