The Heat: U.S. Tariffs

The Heat

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U.S. President Trump announced hefty tariffs on dozens of countries and territories on April second and, almost immediately, paused them for 90 days to give them time to negotiate. A promise of 90 deals in 90 days has been hard to achieve. A month from now, on July 9th, the levies will come into effect in 89 countries.  

Joining the discussion: 

  • Otaviano Canuto is Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and former Vice President of the World Bank. 
  • Sourabh Gupta is Senior Asia-Pacific International Relations Policy specialist at the Institute for China-America Studies. 
  • Qu Qiang is Assistant Director of the International Monetary Institute. 
  • John Quelch is Vice Chancellor at Duke Kunshan University.