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Interview: "China started this, and Trump has escalated it"

Interview: "China started this, and Trump has escalated it"

FEAR & GREED | Business News
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<p>Just 100 days in the White House has seen US President Donald Trump shake up global trade in a huge way.<br><br>The acknowledgement last week by the US that huge tariffs against China are ‘unsustainable’ was a significant de-escalation in the trade war between the world's two largest economies.<br><br>In this wide-ranging interview, Sean Aylmer talks to Professor Tim Harcourt from The Institute of Public Policy &amp; Governance at UTS and host of The Airport Economist and Footynomics. They discuss the political reaction to tariffs, the fact that China used tariffs as a geopolitical tool before the US, and the opportunity presented by markets like India and Indonesia.</p> <p><a href="https://fearandgreed.com.au" rel="nofollow">Find out more: https://fearandgreed.com.au</a></p> <p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>