2025-04-02
23 分钟Hello, and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm your host, Rosie Bloor.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
Today is Liberation Day, when Donald Trump is announcing a new round of tariffs.
But will these levies really make America rich again?
We delved into The Economist's archive to find out what happened at the last time tariffs were this high in the 1930s.
And in recent weeks,
many countries in the Northern Hemisphere have moved into daylight savings time, bringing glorious light evenings.
But some scientists don't share my delight and reckon that springing forwards an hour is bad for our health.
Kill joys.
First up, though.
In Ukraine, an election may not seem like a high priority right now.
But in the midst of ceasefire negotiations,
both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump highlighted that elections in Ukraine are overdue,
and they questioned Volodymyr Zelensky's legitimacy as president.
A dictator without elections, Zelensky better move faster, he's not going to have a country left.
Gotta move, gotta move fast, because that war is going in the wrong direction.
In the meantime, we're successfully negotiating an end to the war with Russia.
Under Ukraine's constitution, elections can't happen while the country is under martial law.
But Zelensky is indeed now moving fast to send Ukrainians to the polls, if that's at all possible.