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  • 2 weeks ago | wfae.org | Sarah Gonzalez |Jess Jiang |Emma Peaslee

    Even though the 145% tariff on Chinese imports only lasted a month, it already inflicted its scars on the economy. Global trade is just not something you can turn off and on like that. Some companies got really unlucky. Like those whose goods arrived at U.S. ports before the pause. If a medium size company had a million dollars worth of goods imported, they had to pay an extra million and a half dollars on top of that – just for the tariff.

  • 3 weeks ago | npr.org | Sarah Gonzalez |Jess Jiang |Emma Peaslee

    The 145% tariff already did its damage Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1251782092/1269327888" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> There is normally a cargo ship, parked, getting unloaded under the cranes. But the 145% tariff on imports from China brought shipping way down. And it'll take a while for the shipping volumes to return at the Port of Los Angeles.

  • 4 weeks ago | npr.org | Greg Rosalsky |Marianne McCune |Emma Peaslee

    Is the reign of the dollar over? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1250191994/1269294139" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> A clerk poses with US dollar banknotes at a money changer in Jakarta on May 2, 2024.

  • 1 month ago | npr.org | Kenny Malone |Jeff Guo |Marianne McCune |Emma Peaslee

    Sam Mertens checks on his chickens. Sam Mertens/NPR hide caption toggle caption Sam Mertens/NPR Sam Mertens checks on his chickens. Sam Mertens/NPR Recently, one of our NPR colleagues wrote a message to all of NPR saying he had extra eggs to sell for cheap, but needed a fair way to distribute them during a shortage. What is Planet Money here for if not to get OVERLY involved in this kind of situation?

  • 1 month ago | npr.org | Jeff Guo |Kenny Malone |Marianne McCune |Emma Peaslee

    Do trade deficits matter? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1243652738/1269051020" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 02: Charts that show the "reciprocal tariffs" the U.S. is charging other countries are on display at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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