Trump Tariffs Everyone, China 34%, EU 20% & UK 10%, Fear Grips Markets

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump imposed the steepest American tariffs in a century, stepping up his campaign to reshape the global economy and unnerving investors who see a trade war as a risk to US growth. (2) An aggressive suite of tariffs announced Wednesday by President Donald Trump will significantly complicate the Federal Reserve’s job as it struggles to quash inflation and avoid an economic downturn, likely keeping officials in wait-and-see mode. (3) China vowed to retaliate after being hit with Donald Trump’s biggest tariffs yet, which threaten to decimate trade between the world’s largest economies. (4) The European Union is preparing a package of potential emergency measures to support parts of its economy that could be hit the hardest by US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, according to people familiar with the matter. (5) The UK refrained from retaliation and said it would maintain its push for a US trade deal after President Donald Trump slapped tariffs of 10% on all imports from Britain as part of a wider global package which he dubbed “Liberation Day” for his country. (6) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged US trading partners against taking retaliatory steps against President Donald Trump’s new set of retaliatory tariffs. (7) President Donald Trump announced a significant increase in tariffs on imports from the US's trading partners, sparking a rapid and painful market impact. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.