Trump tariffs: What does this mean for businesses?

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  And this is Andrew Peach with World Business Report here on the BBC World Service.

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  Good to have your company.

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  Coming up in the program,

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  reaction to Donald Trump's tariffs from a snack company in Brooklyn

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  and a spice importer in Massachusetts and how Mexico is threatening to sue Google

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  if it won't change the Gulf of America back into the Gulf of Mexico first,

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  though it was hailed as the big one.

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  A couple of hours ago in the Oval Office,

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  the US President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on all US Imports,

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  saying our allies are worse than our enemies when it comes to trade.

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  He also said he thought reciprocal tariffs was the most beautiful phrase.

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  Many economists say the tariffs will just increase prices for US consumers.

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