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.
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First up, though.
My fellow Americans, this is Liberation Day, waiting for a long time.
April 2nd, 2025 will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn,
the day America's destiny was reclaimed, and the day that we began to make America wealthy again.
Donald Trump's Liberation Day took aim at enemies and allies alike, jacking up tariffs on every country.
Trump says the US has been looted, pillaged, raped, and plundered by other nations,
and promises his liberating taxes will usher in a golden age of plenty.
But they're more likely to create a poorer, more unequal America.
These tariffs take America's tariff rate back to levels not seen for more than 100 years.
Ratchna Shambog is our business affairs editor.
It was a hefty increase in tariffs, a higher end of what analysts were expecting,