Squiz Shortcuts: Where are Trump's tariffs up to?

The Trump administration’s tariff regime has been back in the news after the US lifted tariff rates last week for a bunch of countries around the world, including Australia. This latest move is over modern slavery laws - and if you’re scratching your head about that, you’re not alone. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll get you across the latest with US tariffs, what modern slavery has got to do with it, and what happens next…

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Presented by Anna Pykett and Andrew Williams

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Reading: This explainer by the ABC runs through the impacts for Australia of this latest tariff move by the US and what some business experts say might happen now…

Reading: This article from Time which looks at why President Trump loves tariffs so much - it unpacks the US’ relationship with tariffs over history and explains how they don’t always make things easier for American businesses, particularly small ones.

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