Traders on tenterhooks over new tariffs

商人们紧张地等待着新关税的到来

Business Matters

商务

2025-04-09

49 分钟
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As some of the World's largest economies get ready to face new tariffs, we find out what a battle on levy's could mean for the global economy. We hear from a Gulf Coast business feeling positive about the charges, and the predicament of a Californian retailer reliant on imports. Elsewhere Rahul Tandon speaks to a Malaysian economist and a garment manufacturer in Bangladesh to find out how the tariffs implemented by US President Donald Trump are being felt around the World. Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.
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  • Hello and welcome to Business Mothers here on the BBC World Service, where we are at a crucial moment for global trade.

  • In a few hours' time, we will see those reciprocal tariffs that Donald Trump unveiled about a week ago.

  • They will be put into place, which could reshape global trade forever.

  • So a lot to get through on the programme.

  • We're going to hear from businesses.

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  • We have Memal Safaraz, journalist based in Lahore, Pakistan.

  • Memal, where you are, these events, what sort of reaction are they getting?