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9 April 2025

Episode 3532

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As Germany’s CDU and SPD reach a coalition deal, we discuss what the country’s new government will look like. Also on the programme: Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs have created global market turmoil – but what do the president’s allies at home think? Then: we check in with our teams at the Delphi Economic Forum and Salone del Mobile. Plus: we speak to Sam Rice-Edwards, editor of ‘One to One: John & Yoko’.

9 April 2025

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What do Trump’s allies make of his global tariffs?

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The Trump administration’s tariffs officially came into force today. Washington based journalist HJ Mai tells us what Trump’s billionaire backers make of the subsequent state of the financial markets.

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