Joining me now is Justin Wolfers, professor of economics and public policy at University of Michigan. He's the author of the book on economics, principles of economics, a textbook created around the idea that every decision is an economic decision. Justin, welcome back to the show.I have to say I I had great pause about inviting you back because I didn't want to waste your time, right. I thought Wednesday was going to be a big important day and we get some insight into what this administration is trying to ...

the policy toward tariffs was was changed um with liberation day- during our administration. We used tariffs and the threat of tariffs principally focused on China um to leverage changes in behavior, but the objective was to essentially lower trade barriers and expand trade. Um, and in this administration, I think what we saw several months ago, now it's paused again happily, uh, is the kind of broad-based industrial policy that I think ultimately will harm the American economy, will harm American consumers ...

They Former US Vice President Mike Pence taking a critical stance on President Trump's tariffs. Writing in a Wall Street Journal op ed in the past few months that since the president announced his Liberation Day tariffs, the only thing America has been liberated from is trillions of dollars in investments, a place to say the 48th vice president of the United States, Mike Pence, joins us now for more. Mr.. Vice President, good morning. Good morning. Thanks for having me on.Thank you for being here. I want to ...

Canada’s top diplomat says she aims to finalize a free trade agreement with Southeast Asian nations “as soon as possible,” as the country looks to expand economic ties in the face of tariffs from President Donald Trump. https://t.co/SNnxBtB0Lv ...

Dr. . Singha, you say you know how important the United States Singapore relationship is. And I think you know that it's important to me as are all of our relationship with the ASEAN nations.This is not a role you can just pick up on a whim or because you think it will be glamorous or because Singapore is a great place to live. Our diplomats are dedicated. They're hard workers who represent the United States every day on the front lines anticipating crisis and providing invaluable expertise to help prevent ...

You just had your first meeting with Asian foreign ministers this morning. Just lay out for me what is Canada's priority when it comes to the Indo-Pacific and how will you compete with EU and Chinese influence in this region. We are a Pacific nation ourselves and I am here.The Carnegie Government's first visit to the Indo-Pacific, my first visit to the Indo-Pacific to stress the importance of multilateralism, multilateralism in trade and economic matters in particular. We need to ensure that we're building ...

Joining us now is Wendy Cutler, vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute. She's a former acting deputy at the US Trade Representatives Office and worked on negotiations including on the TPP deal and high level China talks. And Wendy, it's great to have you on the show.Welcome. Thank you. Um so, so let's start right there because we did see these deadlines for the cipal tariffs at least in terms of u the the companies for which these letters have gone out extended to August 1st.How much can get do ...

Vietnam aims to sign more free trade agreements to diversify its export markets as it grapples with global uncertainty posed by the US tariff offensive https://t.co/T9xeJqs1W9 ...

V i e w p o i n t | 01 Jul 2025 23:10:31 ET │ 12 pages India Economics Likely Contours of an India-US Trade Deal CITI'S TAKE Although clarity is still limited, we outline factors to watch in a potential India-US trade deal. The pre-July 09 trade deal could act as a broad framework until a comprehensive deal before the QUAD summit (October/November). [1] For manufactured goods, it's unclear whether it would be "zero-for-zero" tariffs or the 10% baseline US tariff stays. [2] Gradual multi-year or immediate re ...

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