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April 10, 2025 28 mins

Gideon talks to the economic historian Harold James about the economic and political implications of Donald Trump's tariffs. What are the similarities with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930? What kind of forces will his decision to smash the global economic order unleash? Clip: CBC


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It falls to Congress to unravel Trump’s reckless tariffs

Trump’s ‘reshoring’ ambitions threatened by tariff chaos

Market turmoil strains bro-sphere’s bromance with Donald Trump

Trump and the mob boss approach to global markets

Markets could get a lot worse — and quickly


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