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Economics on Tap: Airport Edition

2025/5/2
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On today’s episode, Kimberly joins "Economics on Tap" from the Toronto airport. We’ll unpack President Trump’s elimination of a tariff loophole known as the de minimus exemption that went into effect today, meaning low-cost shipments will no longer enter the United States tariff-free. Without it, Americans could start to feel some serious tariff pain. And, President Trump is renewing threats to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status. Plus, we’ll play a round of Half Full/Half Empty.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

-"Trump's tariffs come for fast fashion, and the blowback could be fierce." ) from Politico 

-"Harvard President Says Any Move to Revoke Tax-Exempt Status Would Be ‘Highly Illegal’") from The Wall Street Journal 

-"Trump aims to cut $6 billion from NASA budget, shifting $1 billion to Mars-focused missions") from CNBC

-"Visit this store for a free iris scan to ‘prove’ you’re human, not AI") from The Washington Post

-"MoviePass’ Next Big Bet: A Fantasy Box Office App") from The Hollywood Reporter

-"A little retirement, as a treat") from Marketplace

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