BBC OS Conversations: The impact of Trump's tariffs

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  On our podcast, Good Bad Billionaire, we explain how the world's billionaires made all their money.

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  We cover them all.

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  Yeah, we're talking about Markus Persson,

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  the Swedish coding king who programmed the world's most successful game, Minecraft, all by himself.

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  He made a billion, but is he good, bad or just another billionaire?

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  Hello, I'm Mark Lohan.

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  Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.

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  Donald Trump's decision to slap tariffs on global trade has sent the world reeling.

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  Stock markets have tanked.

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  Gloomy economists have hit the airwaves.

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  Governments, their backs against the wall, have responded with either stoic resignation or threats of revenge.

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  But it's businesses worldwide who are most affected.

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  We'll hear from some of them.

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  We'll also hear from US business people, including one Trump supporter who's worried about what lies ahead.

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  The atmosphere is not one that's fostering cooperation.

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