Ports in the US see record levels of activity in anticipation of a global trade war

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  Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Rahul Tanden.

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  We're talking tariffs once again.

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  We're going to speak to the chief operating officer of the busiest sport in America.

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  Why?

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  They're actually quite good for them at the moment.

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  And tennis becomes the first professional sport to give its female athletes paid maternity leave.

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  It's actually quite landmark and novel in a lot of ways.

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  I think it's quite groundbreaking.

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  We've been getting reaction from the US Tennis legend Pam Shriver.

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  But this week here on the World Service business programs and news programs,

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  we've been following the Trump administration's changing policies on tariffs.

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  And it has been quite a journey.

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  There were tariffs placed on Mexico and Canada at the beginning of the week,

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  then some were withdrawn, then even more.

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  Let's remind you then of what has.

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  Happened if you don't make your product in America.

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  However, under the Trump administration, you will pay a tariff and in some cases a rather large one.

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  Let's be clear, if Trump is imposing tariffs, we're ready.

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  We are ready.

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