August 3, 2025 • 34 mins
What are the repercussions of global trade deals being put together with little to no detail in the actual agreements? How has the US President convinced the European Commission to agree to purchase $600bn worth of US energy products when it doesn’t have the mechanism to do so? Did Trump end up winning his game of "4D chess" with the global markets?
Steph speaks to The Economist’s Wall Street Editor, Mike Bird.
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