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Chips & Drug Probes, Tariffs Double Prices, Harvard Funding Freeze

2025/4/15
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Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition

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Mandeep Singh: 我认为对半导体和消费电子产品征收的关税还会进一步扩大,目标是促进产品回流美国。我认为行业性关税比相互关税更有效,因为针对相互关税,你可以根据相互关税的低廉程度在不同的国家之间转移。因此,从这个角度来看,行业性关税最终可能会更有效。 Scott Besant: 我认为,对我们的盟友来说,尤其是有先发优势。通常,第一个达成协议的人会得到最好的协议。那么,你认为谁会是第一个呢?这是他们的选择。在90天期限结束前,你预计有多少国家会达成协议?哦,我认为可能有许多国家。这些国家可能并非实际的贸易文件,但我们将就原则达成一致,并能够在此基础上继续前进。 Janet Yellen: 目标不明确。已经宣布的关税的理由,真的不清楚,根本没有道理。朝着取消关税、降低关税的方向迈进是积极的,但我们正处于一个充满巨大不确定性的世界。 Ewan Potts: 由于特朗普政府对中国进口玩具征收145%的关税,玩具制造商不得不将零售价几乎翻倍,这将严重影响美国消费者的圣诞节。美国玩具业无法简单地复制中国现有的深厚生态系统和紧密的供应链。 Bill Ferris: 特朗普总统已下令商务部进行所谓的232条款调查,调查对象具体包括半导体芯片、芯片制造设备和硬件以及药品。这基本上给了商务部270天的时间来为总统准备一份报告。当然,我们距离他的政府上任只有80多天。我认为不需要270天就能完成这项工作。但最终结果很可能是对这些领域提出某种形式的新的行业特定关税的建议。与此同时,特朗普总统还暗示,可能会对进口汽车和汽车零部件采取另一次转向。 Tiwa Adebayo: 哈佛大学最初愿意与特朗普政府合作打击校园反犹太主义,但政府随后提出了更多要求,包括取消多元化、公平与包容项目等,哈佛大学认为这超出了打击反犹太主义的范围,更像是一场权力斗争。哈佛大学拒绝了特朗普政府的要求,并表示不会放弃其独立性和宪法权利;而哥伦比亚大学则采取了不同的应对方式,同意了政府的部分要求。 Larry Kramer: 长期以来,美国拥有世界上最大、最主要的大学系统,而对该系统的有效拆解以及有效地努力摧毁世界上一些最好的大学,将会产生各种难以具体说明的附带影响,这些影响将在未来几年内显现。 Ginny Sheehan-Zaino: 如果有人能够对此进行反击,那当然就是哈佛大学了,它是美国和世界上最富有的、可能是最好的、也是最好的大学之一。现实情况是,哈佛大学表示,我们将遵守所有有效的法律。他们的问题是,这种试图限制哈佛大学招生和教师教学的做法是违法的。

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The Trump administration initiated trade probes into chip and drug imports, potentially leading to more tariffs. Experts discuss the effectiveness of sectoral tariffs versus reciprocal tariffs and the impact on reshoring. A toy billionaire warns of the impact on consumer prices, stating that tariffs may "steal Christmas."
  • Trade probes into semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports initiated.
  • Potential for more sector-specific tariffs.
  • Concerns about impact on reshoring and consumer prices.

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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.On today's podcast:(1) “The president has been very clear that he’s willing to talk to his counterpart,” US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer tells Fox News about Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.(2) President Donald Trump’s administration pressed forward with plans to impose tariffs on semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports by initiating trade probes led by the Commerce Department. (3) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent played down the recent selloff in the bond market, rejecting speculation that foreign nations were dumping their holdings of US Treasuries, while flagging that his department has tools to address dislocation if needed.(4) European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic met with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer today in DC, “seizing the 90-day window for a mutual solution to unjustified tariffs,” he says in a post on X. (5) UK households increased their spending in March as consumer demand defied an imminent rise in household bills, according to reports from the British Retail Consortium and Barclays.(6) The Trump administration followed through on its threat to pull federal funding from Harvard University hours after the oldest and richest US college refused to agree to a list of government demands.

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