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0:00 The pro-tariff argument: national security, jobs, and leverage
6:34 The four factions shaping US trade policy
11:19 Karthik’s core critique of Trump’s tariff policy
15:54 How tariffs could block development pathways for poor countries
22:28 Is Trump blaming foreign countries for America's own policy mistakes?
29:55 A brutal week for Vietnam
Recorded April 04, 2025.
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—In a move that CNN called a “massive show of force” aimed at Iran and Yemen’s Houthis, the US military moved six B-2 bombers to an island base in the Indian Ocean. B-2s can carry the largest bombs in the US arsenal, including “bunker busters” that could destroy underground Houthi hideouts or underground Iranian nuclear facilities.
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Discussed in Overtime:
Will China be the big winner in the new tariff regime?
Can the WTO survive without the US?
What tariffs mean for Africa.
Could tariffs boost Brazil's economy?
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